Female Fertility Costs and Treatment Draws Widespread Attention in China
In China, the issue of the cost and treatment of women's childbearing has once again aroused heated discussions. Recently, a set of social media posts about women’s fertility went viral, drawing social attention to women’s reproductive rights.

1 February 2024
The topic first appeared in a recent Weibo discussion, where a blogger named Sanlian Life Weekly published a post about female fertility. He pointed out that women’s bodies are designed to bear the cost of childbirth, which is not only reflected in the torture and pain during pregnancy and childbirth, but is often hidden in their daily lives for many years after childbirth, but is not often recognized. People mentioned. Among them, pelvic organ prolapse is a common and neglected condition.
According to Sanlian Life Weekly, the childbirth process inevitably causes damage to the pelvic floor. As the fetus descends, the pelvic floor muscles are overly compressed, which may cause damage to ligaments, muscles, and nerves. Pelvic floor muscles are located at the bottom of the pelvic cavity. They are a group of muscles composed of different muscles and ligaments. They are like a huge hammock that firmly supports the urethra, vagina, bladder, uterus, rectum and other organs.
Many netizens expressed concern about this issue and started heated discussions in the comment area. One of the users said: "Hot knowledge: Women's reproductive rights are in their own hands, and no one or unit can force you. Women's reproductive rights are absolutely free and controllable. So please don't package it as a 'indulgence'. Let anyone offer you 'maternity compensation', thank you."
Another user said: "Even such rich and famous artists have to pay so much, let alone ordinary people." Some of the possible costs he mentioned include: abdominal muscle tear, postpartum hair loss, vaginal distension Breathing, perineal tears, stretch marks, urine leakage, hemorrhoids, pelvic floor muscle relaxation, pregnancy-induced hypertension, uterine prolapse, retinal detachment, postpartum depression, postpartum breast atrophy, amniotic fluid embolism, etc.
Many users called on men to pay more attention to the huge price women pay during the childbirth process, and expressed the hope that men can truly realize what childbirth means to their wives. These worries stem from the fact that women endure huge physical pains such as laxity, hair loss, side incisions, urinary leakage, hemorrhoids, mastitis, and diastasis rectus during childbirth. They also suffer from mental pains such as low self-esteem and postpartum depression. trauma.
Some users emphasized that women enjoy legal protection during the childbirth process and called for more rights for women. At the same time, some users expressed envy of the fact that women have a higher life expectancy than men and called for attention to women's health.
However, some users expressed concerns about fertility. One user pointed out that the frequent news of domestic violence makes women afraid of giving birth. Another user said that women need not only care during childbirth, but also self-strength, freedom and happiness.
Regarding fertility issues, netizens of different genders and ages have their own ideas. Some people say that women have the right to choose their own children and the way they have children; others call for accelerated research on abdominal parenting to provide men with more reproductive opportunities.


