My Caesarean by Amanda Fields

My Caesarean by Amanda Fields

An astute and vivid collection of personal essays about caesarean birth MY CAESAREAN features writing by novelists, poets, essayists, and journalists. At a time when more and more women exalt the experience of vaginal childbirth - even forgoing the epidural - those who give birth by C-section are increasingly isolated, harboring feelings of shame and guilt long after. For some women, the C-section represents a loss of control over their birth. For others, the cesarean is a life-saving operation, the only way they could give birth at all. This book deftly explores these perspectives and many others, shedding light on the internal conflict, social guilt, and sometimes trauma that result from both planned and unplanned C-sections alike. From twenty mothers with varied and poignant perspectives on birth, MY CAESAREAN is an all-encompassing anthology that pulls back the curtain on the quiet shame, confusion, and pain of C-sections and offers comfort and acceptance through shared experience.

Amanda Fields is the co-editor of Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014), and she lives in Wethersfield, CT. She gave birth to her daughter via C-section.



Rachel Mortiz lives she lives in Minneapolis, MN. Her son was born by C-section.

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ISBN 13	9781615195527
ISBN 10	1615195521
Title	My Caesarean
Author	Amanda Fields
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Experiment LLC
Year published	2019-05-01
Number of pages	256
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