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, shedding light on the internal conflict, social guilt, and sometimes trauma that result from both planned and unplanned C-sections alike. From twenty mothers with varied and poignant perspectives on birth, MY CAESAREAN is an all-encompassing anthology that pulls back the curtain on the quiet shame, confusion, and pain of C-sections and offers comfort and acceptance through shared experience.