When the idea of having a baby between a lesbian couple comes up. How do they decide who will have the baby? From what I heard, childbirth is extremely painful
Often the decision is different from circumstance to circumstance. For some couples one woman wants to carry the baby and the other doesn't want to. Other times it's based in health reasons. One woman may be more fit to carry a child to term, or have better health from a genetic perspective. Sometimes the decision is based off who is able to take a longer maternity leave/whose income will be less impactful on the budget to be gone some extra time. Especially if they want to breastfeed. Also, since breastfeeding is typically done by the woman who carried the child (its biologically easier that way), its important to consider if both women are equally suited to breastfeed as that may not be the case. Some women produce more or less milk than is needed, which can be problematic. Also, some women shouldn't breastfeed (or have a baby for that matter) due to certain medications. All in all there are a lot of potential reasons why a particular woman will bear a child instead of her partner.
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