My Caesarean
Twenty-One Mothers on the C-Section Experience and After
by Amanda Fields, Rachel Moritz
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Pub Date May 01 2019 | Archive Date May 15 2019
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Description
“No one talks about C-sections as surgery,” writes SooJin Pate. “They talk about it as if it’s just another way—albeit more convenient way—of giving birth.” The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood.
Robin Schoenthaler reflects: “A C-section for us meant life.” And yet, women who don’t give birth vaginally—by choice or necessity—often feel stigmatized. “My son’s birth was not a test I needed to pass,” writes Sara Bates. “As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn’t enough,” adds Mary Pan, herself a physician.
Alongside their personal stories, the writers—decorated novelists, poets, and essayists—address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience.
Contributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781615195527 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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Featured Reviews
Educator 307709
As an OB nurse I found this fascinating and informative. I know and explain to my patients that they may go through a cycle of grieving after having a C section. This book provides some perspectives that I had not encountered in practice. This is going to be a must read for my students.
Melinda H, Reviewer
My Caesarean deftly explores these perspectives and many others. At turns, the essays address the history and current surgical trend of the caesarean, its impact on the mother’s body and postoperative realities, the psychological aftermath—which sometimes unfolds well after the birth of the child—and how to heal. A beautiful, much-needed meditation on the shared experience of C-section mothers, this collection pulls back the curtain on the quiet shame, social guilt, and possible trauma of C-section birth to offer comfort and acceptance through shared experience.
I never understood why some people have such a big issue with C-sections, it's still giving birth and more often than not it's necessary. I enjoyed reading these stories and I hope they empower more women who have had C-sections to not feel shame but pride for giving birth no matter what.
Thank you #NetGalley for the ARC of #MyCaesarean
Pub Date: 01 May 2019
Jennifer K, Reviewer
I wish this book was available when I had my first traumatic C-section in 2010. I would have felt less alone. This is an incredible collection of essays and should be given to every women departing the hospital after a C-section, elective or otherwise. I've had four C-sections (each one better than the previous one) -- this book covers a variety of experiences and is well written.
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