C-Sections: Risks, Repeats, And... Does It Really Count as Giving Birth?

16/01/2023 37 min Episodio 11
C-Sections: Risks, Repeats, And... Does It Really Count as Giving Birth?

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**CONTENT WARNING: Birth Trauma
What's going down:  

Defining birth trauma and what it means to experience obstetric violence   

Discussing if it's *really* OK to not want to have a vaginal birth  

Everything you need to know about C-sections: the risks associated, what to expect, what to consider, and how to make an informed decision   

An in-depth history of the terms "cesarian" and "c-section"  

How to approach your second birth if you’ve already had a c-section 

Understanding your options and eligibility for a TOLAC and a VBAC (trial of labor after cesarian and a vaginal birth after cesarian)    

Clitorally so OVER the trolls telling people who have had c-sections that they didn’t actually give birth - See the full TikTok here! 


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Resources  
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References 
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/134588/WHO_RHR_14.23_eng.pdf;jsessionid=8E5A99EF961C01DF6B76DCC0D80B798E?sequence=1 
https://www.pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/birth-trauma-emotional#:~:text=It's%20been%20estimated%20that%20up,birth%20may%20experience%20birth%20trauma. 
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