Tag: maternal mental health

  • Fear of Another C-Section — But for Very Different Reasons This Time

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    I have had two emergency C-sections.My daughter is four years old, my son is two. With my daughter, the pregnancy went past 42 weeks. The doctors were not willing to wait any longer. Labor was induced—twice, using different methods—over two full days. Nothing happened. At 42+1, I was taken for an emergency C-section. It was…

  • I Failed My Daughter — And I Still Can’t Forgive Myself

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    I still carry postpartum guilt. I keep replaying the moments, thinking of all the things I wish I had done differently with my daughter. This is a chapter from my e-book that I wrote through tears. Even now, I don’t know how much this has affected her, or whether I caused her lifelong trauma. The…

  • What People Say About Down Syndrome and Refusing Prenatal Testing

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    This post responds to common comments about Down syndrome and prenatal testing that people were telling me. When our son received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, we also received something else: opinions. Some were spoken gently, others bluntly or even cruelly. Over time, I noticed that many comments followed the same patterns. Below are…