Mum blogger goes into graphic detail about her ‘broken vagina’

"Everybody’s birth story is different."

Australian mum blogger, Zoe George has written a lengthy post online in which she describes the process that led to her broken vagina. Her words and not ours, note. Ouch. The mum of two, who you'll find over at The Subtle Mummy, shared the story of when she gave birth to her first child, highlighting how difficult labour can be for some women. Describing her vagina as a "hamburger" post-birth, she goes into considerable detail about the pain, which caused problems with urinating, breastfeeding and having sex. "I struggled with breastfeeding, struggled to pee, struggled to even sit on a toilet without feeling like my insides were going to drop out of the gaping hole that once was my vagina," she writes. However, all's well that ends well with Zoe going on to have a second baby and describing it as "amazing, gentle and so beautiful".

Fam bam ? #love

A post shared by Zoe G (@thesubtlemummy) on May 26, 2017 at 5:46pm PDT

If you want to read the post in full, you can do so here but be warned that Zoe does not hold any information back. Zoe also notes that she received some backlash on a previous post where she discussed her pelvic floor and she recommends reading this before you read the one about the "broken vagina". Though her story is slightly gruesome, hearing women's experiences does help to normalise traumatic births and can even offer comfort to other mums. "Thanks Zoe, I am so sick of the fluffy natural childbirth bullshit. Not every birth is accompanied by violin and roses. It is so refreshing to read honesty for a change," wrote one commenter on her blog. "Incredibly honest and very well put, I’ve been through similar issues so therefore I can relate entirely and have to applaud you on your frank, honest and funny article," said another. Main image via Instagram: The Subtle Mummy