It was a lightbulb moment for me! With M, I laboured for a long time before her unplanned Cesarean birth, and so I still felt a lot like I had played a very active role in bringing her into the world. The surgery was the end of several long, hard days, and it was a conclusion to something that definitely involved me. With A, I felt strange for the longest time, because I walked myself into an operating room and was wheeled out twenty minutes with a baby on my chest.

Key Takeaways:

• As my body starts to feel more like mine again, post-cesarean birth, I’ve been thinking about Cesareans and their role in my life.
• The most physical thing I did was move myself over to the bed immediately after they set up the spinal anaesthesia
• I think a lot of people don’t really consider the impact of language when we are talking about birthing babies.

“I walked myself into an operating room and was wheeled out twenty minutes with a baby on my chest.”

http://www.hellobee.com/2017/03/08/choosing-your-words-cesarean-birth/