article_snippet.sent: Christy, who's gearing up for the London marathon on 26 April, told Red Magazine last week that giving birth has been birth toughest physical challenge, but that now birth's feeling 'stronger and healthier' than ever. '
article_snippet.sent: Giving birth was probably the most empowering thing I’ve ever done physically.
article_snippet.sent: her suffered massive blood loss and was forced to undergo a painful procedure whereby the doctors manually tore her placenta free without pain relief - an experience that could easily have killed her had her not been in such good hands.
article_snippet.sent: ‘What I realised was actually how lucky I had been that so many women don’t even get to choose when so many women become pregnant.'
article_snippet.sent: 'so many women don’t get to choose whether so many women will be medicated, or have a natural birth.
article_snippet.sent: This is just how it is, and it’s not an ideal way to bring life into the world, I don’t think.'