My Caesarean, Amanda Fields
My Caesarean, Amanda Fields
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My Caesarean
Twenty-One Mothers on the C-Section Experience and After

Author: Amanda Fields, Rachel Moritz

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Janina Edwards

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/01/2019


Synopsis

Twenty-one vivid, moving essays on caesarean birth.

"No one talks about C-sections as surgery," writes SooJin Pate. "They talk about it as if it's just another way—albeit more convenient way—of giving birth." The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood.

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.

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. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience.

About Amanda Fields

Amanda Fields is coeditor of Toward, Around, and Away from Tahrir, and she lives in Wethersfield, Connecticut. She gave birth to her daughter via C-section.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on April 27, 2019

As a Mama who had an emergency c-section myself, I was intrigued by the title and premise of this book. Wow! What a healing and fascinating read this was for me. My son is almost 9-years-old so I have had a lot of time to process and work through the loss of my dream birth center water birth. Readin......more

Goodreads review by Jennydlovesthebooks on April 04, 2019

I wish this book was available when I had my first traumatic C-section in 2010. I would have felt less alone. This is an incredible collection of essays and should be given to every women departing the hospital after a C-section, elective or otherwise. I've had four C-sections (each one better than......more

Goodreads review by Jenell on September 22, 2022

Highly, highly recommend. No matter what kind of birth you've had (or plan on having), this book offers incredible perspective on all the ways that birth doesn't go as planned and the physical, emotional, and psychological effects it has on mothers and their families. There are so many ways that C-s......more

Goodreads review by Terzah on May 15, 2019

A useful read for C-section moms past, present, and future that has some useful tips on what to watch out for (beware the post-op constipation!!). It will also offer comfort to some who didn't plan on a C-section. I do admit that I'm always amazed at how many women fret about the way they give or ga......more

Goodreads review by Jennie on October 22, 2019

Interesting collection of stories, but I read this as someone who's having a planned cesarean due to a medical condition and I'm not sure that I'd recommend someone else in my shoes do the same. I have a thick skin, and only wound up skipping one story, but some of these were gory and a little bit t......more