April is C-section Awareness month. I had never known this and haven’t really taken the time to honor it in the past. However, this year I am so thankful that I had a C-section last year to give me the gift of time with my son.
Prior to delivering Ezra via emergency C-section I didn’t know much about C-sections other than I knew I never wanted one. With my first child I had a vaginal delivery that went perfectly. I had hoped that I would never need to deliver one of my babies in an OR. However, what we hope for and what we get are sometimes not the same.
Now I am so thankful for my C-section scar because it gave me 48 precious hours with my son. Without the C-section Ezra wouldn’t have had those 48 hours that I got to hold my son’s hand, talk to him, and even be able to feed him. Not only that but I could have lost my own life without that surgery. When I look at my scar now I think of all these amazing things it has given me.
However, there are many people who don’t feel the same way that I do about c-sections. After giving birth via c-section I felt that I didn’t really do anything for delivery. I never experienced a pain of a contraction or labored for hours. The stigma against c-sections brought me to feel that I wasn’t worthy of sharing my birth story. I realized the hardest thing I had to do after either of my deliveries was recovering from my c-section though.
To all the c-section mommas out there be proud of your scar! Whether you hold your baby in your arms or your heart, your story matters!!
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