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People have many opinions on pregnancy and childbirth, and not all are true. The media certainly helps to perpetuate these stereotypes and myths, and most films err to the whole process. Here are the main things that the media shows wrong about pregnancy and the process of having a child.

1. Get pregnant when you're in middle age it's very easy

Anyone who has seen Bridget Jones baby know this old story. However, women over 40 have more problems to conceive of what "accidental" pregnancies that usually occur in movies with middle-aged women. Without the assistance of a doctor, the naturally lower ovarian reserve and the quality of eggs make things much more difficult.

2. All infertility problems are women's fault

We think this is a particularly rude stereotype, and it is not true, for men and women are practically in the same position when it comes to those who face more infertility problems. infertility occurs in at least 30% of men; So why do women get all guilty in the movies?

3.With the right guy comes the baby who should come

We rarely see a movie in which the woman froze the eggs or is having a child while she is single. It's a shame we do not see many examples on a woman's screen creating your son alone, since it's a fairly common scenario. However, this is still completely stigmatized in the movies - or man goes away, or is a surprise and not a conscious choice of being a mother.

4. The woman varies between confusion and avoque princess

Instead of being portrayed as a real human being with his own individual personality (not everything goes away with pregnancy, personal). Her life changes completely and she becomes the "crazy pregnant woman." Not to mention the stereotype of araum woman.

5. In terms of childbirth, they simply push and ended

Many midwives and doulas believe that mothers should be aware and connected to their child in labor and during pregnancy. Sometimes there are some screams during childbirth, as well as several different positions, in the hands, knees and squats. Not just lie on your back with your knees open for a few minutes. Women are warriors and the process is not as mechanical as Hollywood wants you to think.

6.Pregnant in a snap

Many couples go through in vitro fertilization processes, rental belly or other situations when trying to have a baby. But in the movies, they are seen becoming pregnant the first time they try, or by accident. Although accidental pregnancy is certainly a reality, it is not the most common way of couples try to get pregnant. Having a child is something that many women yearn, and if this does not happen, they can get very frustrated. Inaccurate scenes in movies can worsen it.

7.The midwives only appear in times of crisis

In the movies, when the husband disappears or the wife is abandoned in other ways, the midwife appears. It is almost as if they were treated as an emergency option rather than a well-planned process months in advance. Not everything is ridiculous chaos and hippies - midwives and doulas are a device for empowered mothers, not a high risk or poorly calculated decision.

8. Childbirth is a show of horrors

Certainly there is nothing easy to have a baby, but the films have a responsibility to stop transforming childbirth experience into something terrifying and similar as an exorcism. All births are different from those with epidural to cesareans. But even when the pain of childbirth is felt, it is a powerful pain, not a disease or trauma, and the films should show it as such.

9.First comes the contractions, then comes the baby

In addition to dramatic cries that are often used in movies to represent pregnancy, contractions are often fictionalized. Doctors obstetricians say it is not very common that a woman's bag burst and be followed immediately with intense contractions. Contractions can occur before the bag breaks or can be postponed for hours, days or weeks after rupture.

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

Even when they are not wearing impeccable makeup, these women seem more radiant supermodels than women exhausted after childbirth. It would be good to see a more realistic representation than a shine worthy of fashion magazine. Many women develop hormonal acne and other skin problems during pregnancy. Something called cloasma makes the skin from the face darker, while others have a black line in the stomach. This is never portrayed in the movies!