‘My mum said I’m not a real mother if I have an epidural’

The mum was out of line

This birth plan will detail who you would like to have in the room and what method of pain relief, if any, you want to use.

These choices are extremely personal and should be up to each mum to decide for herself.

The last thing that any expectant mum wants is to have her choices shamed, which is unfortunately what happened to this new mum.

The upset mum wrote to Reddit for advice on the stressful situation that she has found herself in

"My mom helped with my birth plan, and continuously said that I shouldn't have an epidural, that I should experience birth."

The poster went on to say that her mother said she should experience natural birth and that if she took pain relief, she wouldn't be a real mother.

"This conversation happened almost every day until I went into labour at 35 weeks," she revealed.

Due to complications, the mother required a C-section, which we can all agree is incredibly intense.

Unfortunately, her mother did not see things that way, remarking, "I'm so glad you get to feel the birth now because you didn't get to do it naturally."

The new mum was, of course, upset and asked her mum to leave. She went on to say that since the incident, she hasn't heard from her mother and that other relatives, like her father, have told her to forgive her despite the fact that her mother has not apologised.

Just about everyone on Reddit wrote to say they support her and that her mum should have been more supportive.

Pregnancy is stressful enough without the people close to you putting you down. Hopefully, the grandmother in question can see the error of her ways and the two of them can patch things up.