Every Emergency C-Section Delivery Is an Escape from Death

By Harisurya | Updated: 15/10/2020

Many C-sections can be truly traumatic. The procedure comes with a high risk of complications. Whenever a woman gives birth to a baby, the very first question that she encounters is regarding the nature of delivery. And when the answer is “emergency C-section”, thus begins a lot of judgemental looks and talks.

The common assumptions are:

She must have been lazy throughout the pregnancy.
She should have done more workout or exercises.
She is very weak and seems like she didn’t eat properly.
She is a very careless person.
I know that she will never have a normal delivery, as she is already too weak to handle the pain.
She is an unhealthy person.

And so on…

But, there are many factors in play, and the woman might not be left with any choice other than to have a C-section, and none of those factors fit into the assumptions made by society.

It’s an emergency.
It’s a threat to the mother’s life.
It’s a threat to the life of that little human inside.

That’s why I repeat: every emergency C-section is an escape from death.

Every birthing experience is unique and painful, and needs to be celebrated irrespective of the form of delivery. So, the next time you see a mother who delivered a baby, don’t make faces when she says it was a C-section delivery.

Don’t assume that she was not healthy.
Don’t assume that she wouldn’t have felt the real pain.
Please don’t judge a mother and make her feel unworthy.

Dear Mommas, don’t be ashamed to tell others that you have had a C-section delivery. You have saved a little one’s hope for life, and you have been reborn as a new human called Mom. Remember that your baby’s birth story is first and foremost a love story – the greatest one you will ever tell!

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