(Actually for me, what imagery of my cesarean that comes to mind is the scene in Disney's Cinderella movie where the evil step sisters viciously rip Cinderella's dress to shreds and then walk away like it was nothing. Poor Cinderella was thrilled about the ball and had done what she was told to do in order to be allowed to go. In my cesarean, everything sacred and beautiful about birth had been savagely ripped away and they acted as if it was nothing!)
This is exactly what it feels like when people say such things to me. I want to scream back: NO! MY BIRTH mattered too! It is our births, our bodies, our babies and we have a right to our feelings and experiences and emotions about it all. Birth rape is not okay. And silencing women by saying, "at least your baby is fine - and that's what matters" is not okay.
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...And that's exactly how it feels!
ReplyDelete(Actually for me, what imagery of my cesarean that comes to mind is the scene in Disney's Cinderella movie where the evil step sisters viciously rip Cinderella's dress to shreds and then walk away like it was nothing. Poor Cinderella was thrilled about the ball and had done what she was told to do in order to be allowed to go. In my cesarean, everything sacred and beautiful about birth had been savagely ripped away and they acted as if it was nothing!)
I agree with the above
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly what it feels like when people say such things to me. I want to scream back: NO! MY BIRTH mattered too! It is our births, our bodies, our babies and we have a right to our feelings and experiences and emotions about it all. Birth rape is not okay. And silencing women by saying, "at least your baby is fine - and that's what matters" is not okay.
ReplyDeleteTotally..
ReplyDeleteLove you ladies. I feel your pain. Heal From Within.
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What everybody said.. :(
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