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This is such an interesting perspective! Thanks for sharing.

Love this! I have never been 'ashamed' of my csection, because I did in that moment what I thought was best to make sure my baby made it into this world safely and healthy. But I can understand why many moms feel as if they failed.

Thanks for sharing. I feel like a failure for not being able to deliver my baby naturally......but I was willing to do whatever it took for him to be delivered healthy, even if that included my worst nightmare of being cut open.

That article was very uplifting, at least for me. My water broke when I was 34w3d and when they started the induction process on a Tuesday night (2 days later), I had only progressed to a tight 3 cm by Wednesday night. When my doc said c-section, I cried like a baby, but I knew it was best. Although I didn't do it naturally, I did it. We are both safe & healthy and I feel just as proud as a woman that did it naturally!

wonderful to read. A great perspective. Like the others here-- I hope one day to internalize that way of thinking. I want so badly to do VBAC next time around, in part, because I'm a little ashamed of my c-section... even though I know I did the right thing for my son, given the situation he was clearly in.

Great post. I never thought of it that way.

I am glad to see this article! Thank you for sharing it hummusgirl!
There is far too much c-section shaming out there (and in the bee sadly). I think that people should feel pride and joy in their birth experience, no matter what it is. I hope the culture around birth begins to be more accepting and understanding of c-section Mamas in the future!

I love the Skeptical OB. I read this article a while ago and it did help change my mindset of feeling cheated out of birth. This article and a comment somewhere else on the web that really opened my eyes.

The woman basically said that she (like me) had a hard time moving past the fact that she had a c section, when she starting thinking about how selfish it was of her to think that way. By the grace of God, she was born in a country where she had excellent health care and in which a csection was actually an option that could save her life. In large portions of the world, there are millions of women who don't have that option, and who face the real potential, that if there are medical complications during birth, it's very possible they could both die. And here I am upset that I didn't get my "perfect birth experience." It really put it into perspective for me.