Cesarean births are one of the most common operations in the world, and yet, we know surprisingly little about the impact and legacy of this surgery in our bodies.
Cesarean births are one of the most common operations in the world, and yet, we know surprisingly little about the impact and legacy of this surgery in our bodies.
Host Golda Arthur had two emergency cesarean births, and 20 years later, she's still making sense of their legacy. In this episode, she sits down with Rachel Somerstein, author of Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section, and Helena Grant, president of New York Midwives, to talk about why cesarean births are overlooked.
They discuss:
- The origin of this surgery, which in the United States was first practiced on enslaved women.
- Why the rate of c-sections is so high in the US.
- Why recovery takes far longer than anyone tells you.
- What to know if you’re pregnant, or trying to have a baby, and want to know more about cesarean births.
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