C-section

You probably know someone who has undergone a cesarean section, whether it was elective, emergency, or circumstantial. This major surgery is more common than many realize; in fact, according to the World Health Organization, the rate of C-sections keeps rising, with 1 in 5 childbirths resulting in one. This statistic actually both shocked and underwhelmed [...]

It’s probably one of the most off-putting and covertly judgmental questions one mother can ask another. “I gave birth naturally. How about you?” For years I struggled with feelings of shame for being unable to deliver either of my children “naturally” (a.k.a vaginally). Especially whenever another woman asked me to share my delivery stories. I [...]

April 23, 2020, at 2:14 p.m., my youngest daughter, Morgan, was born via emergency cesarean section at 37 weeks gestation. I had high blood pressure at the end of my pregnancy, which started to affect my vision and in turn also Morgan’s growth. She dropped to only the third percentile.  • What is PTSD? Eight [...]

The day my oldest daughter was born was one of the most exciting days of my life. Painful, but exciting! One thing I was not counting on when I started feeling the labor pain was that my beautiful baby had decided she was not going to come to this world via natural birth. After hours [...]