Chrissy Teigen posted a series of incredibly real and graphic tweets about giving birth after vice president Mike Pence described coronavirus testing as "invasive".
Following weeks of criticism over the US's approach to testing for the virus, which has so far killed over 400 people in the states, Pence described the process as "kind of invasive" during a press conference on Sunday.
Following the comments, many people pointed out on Twitter that the testing was probably less invasive than, for example, giving birth — something hundreds of thousands of people do each day.
Our shitprez is bitching about how invasive the Covid test is and excuse me, I've had multiple hands shoved up my vagina to try to pull out a a single damn baby - and you are bitching about a swab up your fucking nose that could save millions of lives FUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUU
And when Chrissy Teigen saw the above tweet, she decided to smash that retweet button alongside a highly graphic revelation of her own.
"My vagina was ripped to my asshole giving birth to Luna," she wrote. "I had a vagasshole. Fuck your swab pain."
"They had to put a garbage bag at the end of the bed to collect my blood before stitching me up," she went on, "Where I then had to pee using a water bottle as a pain fountain for 3 months."
"So yeah. The swab, I bet it's super rough," she added.
And when someone said that this photo of Chrissy with her new family had now taken on a whole new level of meaning, she responded to that too.
yep I had one giant vagasshole here https://t.co/BaoK4Ru0Uj
But before long, other women were sharing their own incredibly painful experiences in solidarity.
@chrissyteigen I was in labor with my first kid for 52 hours. 52. Hours. Of. Labor. Y'all can all manage a nasal swab for 30 seconds.
@chrissyteigen My first was pushed **BACK UP** the birth canal so I could go give birth again as a c-section. So, yea 🥴
@chrissyteigen Yeah I had to use that squeeze bottle for months too, to pee. Also I was passing blood clots for 13 weeks!!! Painful ones, like mini births! Finally I got hospitalized cuz I had an eraser sized goddamed placenta chunk left up in there! Hoooo lawd. But yeah the swab sounds crazy
This isn't the first time Chrissy has opened up about her experience of childbirth. After welcoming her second baby, Miles, Chrissy shared an update on Twitter to reveal that her postpartum experience had been much better this time around.
I can confirm postpartum life is 90% better when you don't rip to your butthole. Baby boy: 1 point. Luna: 0