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Cindy Sue

Rachele was one of my Zonta Club's women of achievement this year. I was able to present her an award and talk with her for awhile. She is an amazing woman providing doula services (and breastfeeding help, a baby pantry, and more) in rural northern Michigan. This is her C-section story. It took her awhile to be able to tell it, but she finds the courage to do so here.
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Safe Haven Doula When Birth Doesn’t Go as Planned: My Cesarean Story — Safe Haven DoulaApril is Cesarean Awareness Month —a time to shed light on the one in three births in the United States that end in a cesarean. For some, it’s a planned and peaceful experience. For others, it’s a sudden shift in a story they thought they were writing differently. Five months ago, I gave birth to m
#WomensHealth#birth#CSection
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Cindy Sue

I have not been able to read lately. Too overwhelmed with... Everything. But I decided to pick Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section by Rachel Somerstein.

Personally, I have had two abortions, one vaginal birth, and one planned C-section (high risk pregnancy). While I never experienced trauma, I bled for more than 6 months after my C-section which I assume is far from normal though my doctor never seemed concerned.

Cover of book Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section by Rachel Somerstein. Cover has illustration of pregnant body with baby showing.
#birth#CSection#pregnancy
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Nonilex

#Wisconsin legislators mentioned using a C-section & early labor, specifically.

In #Idaho, the ONLY exception to the #trauma of unnecessary #labor & delivery or #CSection is if the #woman’s life would be MORE at risk that way. In other words, instead of having minutes-long #abortions, #women will be forced by the state to endure major #surgeries or #traumatic vaginal deliveries, even if that seriously affects their physical & mental #health.

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