Cesarean Voices

By Pamela Udy

68 pages. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976698609
• ISBN13: 9780976698609
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: ICAN publishing
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Finally, a book that "gets" me

"You should be thankful that you and the baby are okay--100 years ago you both could have died!" I cannot remember how many times I heard that after my first cesarean. It totally discounted how I felt, what I was going through. It made me feel guilty for crying in the shower--after all, wasn't I happy to finally have my baby? So what if she ended up in the NICU and I couldn't hold her for her first 14 hours...I finally found a book that speaks to my experiences--the joy, the guilt, the bitterness, the aloneness. I totally recommend Cesarean Voices to anyone who is not totally happy with their birth experiences--be prepared to cry. I also LOVE the artwork. When I got pregnant after my cs, my husband didn't understand how I felt, why I wanted to VBAC, but I had found some of the artist's work on-line, and showed him that. She was able to put my feelings into her artwork somehow, and he was able to understand where I was coming from and why I was willing to fight for my VBAC.

Cesarean Voices

I actually have a paragraph or two of my story in there. I wrote it after my second horrible unnecessary c-section, but "healthy baby." And what I wrote wasn't even a fourth of what I went through then (infection in the scar, rehospitalized, open wound for many months, large hernia, horrible pain, blood transfusion, and more). BUT now, I can add the ultimate "voice"...with my third, I had a uterine rupture and placental abruption (risks after having cesareans) and my baby boy was born still, not breathing, dead. I also almost died and had to be revived. I can never have children biologically again. This book is especially important for first time moms to read. Don't let your doctor dupe you into an unnecessary c-section! Especially if you ever want to have more children, or it's even a remote possiblity. Don't risk your life and your babies for no good reason. Get the facts! Please!

All Birthing Women Should Read This Book

This books shares real women's experiences with cesarean surgery. I have experienced very similar pain to these women after both of my cesarean's. I wish I would have been more informed about cesarean's before my first birth, maybe it would have turned out different.

You are not alone

After my cesarean, I felt like I was crazy. I hated my surgery. I was depressed and traumatized. It wasn't until I found the women of ICAN that I realised that I wasn't alone. That it was possible to love my child while hating how she came into the world. 'Cesarean Voices' was written by real women. It is full of their stories, why they hated their cesareans, and why they never want to do it again. So if you've had a cesarean, are thinking of having a cesarean, know someone who had a cesarean, and ESPECIALLY if you think a cesarean can't happen to you, you need to read this book!

Thank God for CesareanVoices

If it weren't for stories like these, I don't know how I would have survived that first year after my c-section. I desperately needed to know that the unexpected feelings I had about it were not unusual. Not everyone has negative feelings about their c-sections, but for those who have doubts that they can't quite put their finger on (like I did), this is a landmark book. I also found it to be a very helpful tool in explaining my experiences with other people.