In today’s era, sharing everything on a digital platform has become the norm. Childbirth is one such trending topic on the social media platform where women divulge their stories with no hold barred approach to detail. While the narrative of the birth process may provide a feeling of comfort and support among expecting mothers, some experts suggested that they may be creating fear among pregnant women and putting some people off childbirth altogether. According to a senior research fellow at the University of Hull, “horror stories” about birth shared online are one of the potential triggers of tocophobia.
Parenting websites have provided mothers a dedicated platform on which they can share their experiences, however, graphics may be exacerbated fears of labor. “If you go into parenting websites, women are telling stories about childbirth — ‘it’s terrible, it’s a bloodbath’. I think…
