About the Book: My Caesarean: Twenty-One Mothers On The C-Section Experience And
After
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,