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By Kimberly James in General Published: Saturday, 12 January 08 - 08:27 AM (GMT -07:00) Last Updated: Saturday, 12 January 08 - 08:39 AM (GMT -07:00) |
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My friend over at Birth from a Cesarean Awareness Perspective wrote a follow-up post from her community's screening of "The Business of Being Born." Evidently a woman stood up and responded defensively to perceived criticism of cesarean birth. My friend writes:
[S]he missed the point. Cesarean Awareness is not about branding anyone. It's about being aware of those risks, doing what we can to mitigate the risks, doing what we can to prevent cesareans, doing what we can to encourage women to healthy pregnancies and healthy births that don't end in surgery or if they have surgery, learning new ways to help make these risks lessened.
I don't wear my ribbon to remind ME I had a cesarean, I wear my ribbon to bring attention to the risks and to bring attention to the fact that EVERY childbearing woman should know what I know.
Should anyone have concern over ICAN's mission, they need only read the above quote for a living, breathing, personal response to the issue of cesarean awareness. Likewise, ICAN of Greater Missoula is charged with supporting women and their families through the decisions they make, helping them navigate the choices or mandates presented to them by their careproviders, and offering post-partum support especially for women who have suffered traumatic or disappointing birth experiences. We are not about labels, and we're certainly not only about "scars." We are about awareness, advocacy, and empowerment. We are about REAL people not just statistics, institutions, organizations, "them."
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