Birth as Surgery......
My son was delivered from me by cesarean section on January 4th, 2007. It was the scariest, most painful day of my life; But my son was also here, healthy and beautiful. He has inspired me to write again, to speak up,stand my ground and opened my eyes to the medicalization of birth. Before my son was born, I was unaware of the underbelly of grief and anger associated with the unwanted, and often unnecessary surgical extraction of our children. I was amazed to find many women who felt the same way about their cesarean birth experience. It is kept quiet not only by the medical community, but by the mothers as well. Many women think that the feelings they have after a cesarean are wrong and they are afraid to share them with others, even loved ones. It has inspired me to create a place where these women can vent, share poetry, artwork, cesarean and VBAC birth stories and anything else that helps them through those painful feelings.
Here are the hearts and minds of the victims.......