Kate Hudson is facing a lot of backlash for a comment she made on C-sections. For her cover story in Cosmopolitan's October issue, the actress filled out a quiz that included prompts like "My post-sweat-session hacks," and "What I do to destress." Pretty innocuous stuff for the most part, but one answer did not sit well at all with many women: For the "Laziest thing I've ever done" prompt, Hudson wrote down, "Have a C-section!"
Moms and mom-supporters across social media immediately set her straight. "How insensitive," wrote one user on her Instagram. "Shaming a way that so many women don't chose to have their babies but have to! I labored for over 24 hours before it was no longer safe for me and my baby. I think that's the furthest thing from lazy! And women who have to have C-sections for other reasons aren't lazy, this is why our society thinks it's OK to mom-shame. You lost another fan here."
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"I don't know what sort of c section you had but the one I had was far from lazy!" commented another. "I had all plans to go natural and was 10cm dilated and pushing for hours until I had my baby come out via emergency c section. It was soo painful for weeks and I struggled to even lift my baby for days. I really hope your comment was a joke!"
This is a great time to remind both Hudson and anyone else who looks down on C-sections that there is no "right" way to give birth. Although the World Health Organization discourages medically unnecessary C-sections, since such a major surgery can be risky for both the mother and child, in some situations a C-section birth can be much safer than a vaginal birth. Not to mention there's nothing "lazy" about C-sections: The recovery time is much longer than with vaginal births, and the pain while healing is much more intense.
