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People have a lot of opinions about pregnancy and childbirth and not all are true. The media certainly don't help change these stereotypes and myths and most films shows the whole process in a completely wrong way. Here is the main errors seen in the media regarding pregnancy and the process to have a child.

1. Stay pregnant when you are middle-aged is a child's play

Anyone who has seen the film Bridget Jones's Baby Sa of this old cliché. But women over 40 often have more difficulty to conceive and "accidental" pregnancies are rare for middle-aged women. Without medical assistance, the naturally lower amount and the quality of the eggs make things much more difficult.

2. All the problems of infertility are charged to the woman

We find that this is a particularly rude and false stereotype as men and women are practically at the same level as regards infertility. The problem occurs for at least 30% of men, so why are only women on the big screen to take all guilty?

3. With the right guy, the desired child arrives

I rarely see a movie where the woman frozen the eggs or waiting for a single child. It is a pity that we do not see examples on a woman's screen that grows a son alone, since it is a rather common scenario. However, it is still completely stigmatized in the films: the boy is leaving or is represented as a surprise rather than a conscious choice of wanting to be a mother.

4. The girl swings between panic, disorder and princess surface whims

Instead of being seen as a real human being with the individual personality of her (it is not that everything ends with pregnancy, people). Life as we know it disappears and she turns into a crazy pregnant lady. Outside this obvious stereotype is that of the girlfriend.

5. Speaking of birth, just push it out to do it over

Many midwives and Doule believe in being aware and connected to the child during the labor and pregnancy process. Sometimes there are screams during childbirth or positions like those on hands and knees or squatting. It is not just a matter of being lying on the back to the knees spread for a few minutes. Women are strong warriors and the process is not so mechanical as Hollywood wants us to believe it.

6. Pregnant in a fingers pop

Many couples must pass through in vitro fertilization, surrogate maternity or other situations when they try to have a child. But in the films, women remain pregnant already the first time they feel or simply by chance. Despite accidental pregnancy is certainly a reality, it is not the most common phenomenon between couples. Having a child is something that many women want and this is often accompanied by feelings of inadequacy. These scenes in the films can make the situation worse.

7. Obstetrics occur only in the event of a crisis

In the films, only when her husband disappears or her wife has been abandoned somehow, the midwife looks. It is as if it was considered as an emergency patch, rather than a well-planned intervention with months in advance. It is not all chaos and improvisations, obstetrics and doules are a powerful help for mothers, not a decision at high risk or poorly calculated.

8. The birth is an absolute spectacle of horror

There is certainly nothing easy in having a child, but the films have the responsibility to stop making the experience of the most terrifying birth of an exorcism and more difficult than it is actually. All births are different from those with an epidural to those with cesarean. And also with regard to experienced pain, it is a powerful pain rather than one similar to a disease or trauma and movies should describe it as such.

9. The contractions come before, then the child

Beyond the dramatic film screams that are often used to describe pregnancy, contractions are also something frequently romance. The obstetricians say that in reality it is not so common that the waters break and then immediately have intense contractions. The contractions can arrive before the water breaks or can have a delay of hours, days or weeks after breaking.

10. Bright skin and a face full of makeup with pregnancy

Even when they don't have an impeccable make-up, these women, after childbirth, seem more radiant top models that exhausted and in disorder. It would be nice to see a more realistic representation in the films than a glow from fashion magazine. Many women develop hormonal acne and other skin problems during pregnancy. Something called Chloasma makes the skin's skin darker for example, while others see a black line appear on the belly. This is never shown in the cinema!