Some women on the Facebook support group “Cluster Headache Patients” comparing labor pain to cluster headache pain:
“Honestly, I had a natural childbirth and a cesarean and cluster headaches are 10 times worse than both.”
“2 unmedicated births for me. Would rather do that every day than have another cluster”
“every day though, really?”
“yes. I’d rather go through childbirth without pain relief than CH.”
“tenfold worse than popping a baby out”
“Nah, labour/giving birth is a walk in the park compared to ch […] I was in labour with my son for nearly 3 days, then the midwife had to break my cervix with her hands, but I’d still rather do that again than have another CH”
“Labor pain doesn’t even come close to CH! I’d choose labor pain ANY day over suffering from another CH”
“CH is a million times worse”
“I had 4 children, 3 were natural. CH is worse.”
“I’d rather have a baby. And my placenta tore during all natural childbirth.”
“I gave birth to 4 different babies. The smallest being 8lbs 14oz. The biggest being 10lbs 15oz. I would much rather give natural birth all over again than a CH.”
“I’ve had three babies—one was overdue and born with his arm over his head. Having a baby is still cake compared to clusters.”
These are just a few. They go on and on. (So far only one woman claiming childbirth was worse, who “nearly bled out in childbirth, got an episiotomy with zero freezing/drugs.”)
Some women on the Facebook support group “Cluster Headache Patients” comparing labor pain to cluster headache pain:
“Honestly, I had a natural childbirth and a cesarean and cluster headaches are 10 times worse than both.”
“2 unmedicated births for me. Would rather do that every day than have another cluster”
“every day though, really?”
“yes. I’d rather go through childbirth without pain relief than CH.”
“tenfold worse than popping a baby out”
“Nah, labour/giving birth is a walk in the park compared to ch […] I was in labour with my son for nearly 3 days, then the midwife had to break my cervix with her hands, but I’d still rather do that again than have another CH”
“Labor pain doesn’t even come close to CH! I’d choose labor pain ANY day over suffering from another CH”
“CH is a million times worse”
“I had 4 children, 3 were natural. CH is worse.”
“I’d rather have a baby. And my placenta tore during all natural childbirth.”
“I gave birth to 4 different babies. The smallest being 8lbs 14oz. The biggest being 10lbs 15oz. I would much rather give natural birth all over again than a CH.”
“I’ve had three babies—one was overdue and born with his arm over his head. Having a baby is still cake compared to clusters.”
These are just a few. They go on and on. (So far only one woman claiming childbirth was worse, who “nearly bled out in childbirth, got an episiotomy with zero freezing/drugs.”)
Oh, no. I had no idea they could be this bad. And I’m speaking from experience… is anybody working on this?
I am! Announcing ClusterFree: A cluster headache advocacy and research initiative (and how you can help)