Doula, master's of public health graduate, new IBCLC, and feminist. I'm reflecting on my studies, reflecting on other people's studies, posting news, telling stories, and inviting discussion on reproductive health from birth control to birth to bra fitting.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Birth trauma shouldn't be a secret, but it is
Do you read Postsecret? Every Sunday a new set of secrets, mailed in anonymously on postcards, goes up. This week one of the secrets had to do with an unnecessary c-section (scroll down about halfway to see it). I noticed this woman mentioned that her son is healthy...a lot of women hear "as long as you have a healthy baby, whatever happened to you doesn't matter". But I think deep down they suspect that they DO matter. And I loved, loved, loved that on this website that millions of people read, they posted a response to that secret directing this woman to ICAN. I hope it serves to educate more women about unnecessary c-sections long before they have to deal with the prospect personally.
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