Tag: C-Section

The Overlooked Harms of Cesarean Birth

Aimee Wright and her husband Scott, who live in Lake Mary, Florida, planned to have a home birth seven years ago. Wright was 33 and had a lot of friends who had given birth at home successfully. She saw no reason for a healthy pregnant woman to birth in the hospital. “In my mind, hospitals…


Woman Shamed After Giving Birth by C-section: ‘How Can You Call Yourself a Mother?’

A new mom has shared a powerful post explaining how she was shamed and told she was not a “real mother” because she had a C-section instead of a natural birth. Like most moms-to-be, Sunny Tucker, 23, from Adelaide, South Australia, had a clear birth plan of how she wanted to bring her little boy…


BC Mom Who Gave Birth in a Coma Due to COVID-19 Discharged From Hospital

ABBOTSFORD, B.C.—A mother who had an emergency C-section in British Columbia while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 returned home to her family in time for Christmas. Gillian McIntosh was in her third trimester when she went to Abbotsford Regional Hospital with COVID-19 symptoms in November. She initially thought her symptoms were related…