r/comics • • Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

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u/DJDanaK Jun 19 '26

I had an obgyn literally yelling at me to calm down and breathe slowly while she was ripping my guts out during an emergency c-section. I don't know if everyone experiences this but my lungs and chest were hurting so badly and I could only take shallow breaths. Like if I could control ANYTHING my body was doing I WOULD.

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u/meltedchocolatepants Jun 26 '26

The Dr in my delivery room told me to stop focusing on my dry heaving so I could push. Yep, I was supposed to stop barfing at will.

Ended up in a c section