{"product_id":"my-caesarean-twenty-one-mothers-on-the-c-section-experience-and-after-9781615195527","title":"My Caesarean: Twenty-One Mothers on the C-Section Experience and After","description":"\"No one talks about C-sections as surgery,\" writes SooJin Pate. \"They talk about it as if it's just another way--albeit more \u003ci\u003econvenient\u003c\/i\u003e way--of giving birth.\" The twenty-one essays in \u003ci\u003eMy Caesarean\u003c\/i\u003e add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robin Schoenthaler reflects: \"A C-section for us meant life.\" And yet, women who don't give birth vaginally--by choice or necessity--often feel stigmatized. \"My son's birth was not a test I needed to pass,\" writes Sara Bates. \"As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn't enough,\" adds Mary Pan, herself a physician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alongside their personal stories, the writers--decorated novelists, poets, and essayists--address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. \u003ci\u003eMy Caesarean\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781615195527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amanda Fields","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571141865653,"sku":"9781615195527","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-caesarean-twenty-one-mothers-on-the-c-section-experience-and-after-9781615195527","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}