Cesarean Awareness Month aims to raise awareness and educate people about cesareans.
This awareness campaign supports a reduction in the number of cesareans in mothers who do not really need or who will not benefit from this procedure when compared to a vaginal birth. Cesarean Awareness Month also promotes Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) and support for recovery from a cesarean.
There is also a lack of awareness in mothers that cesarean sections are a major operation which carries its own potential complications. This surgery can lead to increased risk of infection, blood clots, intense longer lasting pain, and repeat hospital visits as a result.
For more information visit ican-online.org/cesarean-awareness-month
My unplanned c-section story is part of my Instagram Live series: Birth Stories, where I interviewed live on Instagram, Mamis who shared with us their different birth stories as a way to bring awareness and support to our Mamis that are expecting or went through similar situations. I wanted to let them know they are not alone.
Sometimes sharing your birth stories helps release unresolved emotional constraints. When I shared mine during the Instagram live, I was still healing and unable to freely share so I sort of ran through the story numb, trying not to feel it all again. I was still very sensitive and emotionally I couldn’t go in depth, I still can’t. I did seek help and am working through it all! I encourage you to seek help, a great resource is WomensHealth.gov.
Follow the series here: Birth Stories
I hope these birth stories help you not feel alone and motivate you to seek help if you do. There are a few c-section stories shared, all different, some planned and some not, meant to shed light to it all. Share your story below!
Xoxo,
LA Mami,
Julie López
Thank you so much for sharing! I have 3 daughters and all of them were c-sections. Every experience was totally different. The last one was the scariest and worst moments of my life, glad I made it past it. And I agree, talking about my experience with my c sections has been very healing.
Amazing, thank you for sharing! Perhaps I will do a part two about sharing birth stories and have you on to share yours??