{"product_id":"my-caesarean-by-amanda-fields-9781615195527","title":"My Caesarean","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No one talks about C-sections as surgery,\" writes SooJin Pate. \"They talk about it as if it's just another way—albeit more \u003cem\u003econvenient\u003c\/em\u003e way—of giving birth.\" The twenty-one essays in \u003cem\u003eMy Caesarean\u003c\/em\u003e add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Schoenthaler reflects: \"A C-section for us meant life.\" And yet, women who don't give birth vaginally—by choice or necessity—often feel stigmatized. \"My son's birth was not a test I needed to pass,\" writes Sara Bates. \"As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn't enough,\" adds Mary Pan, herself a physician.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside their personal stories, the writers—decorated novelists, poets, and essayists—address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. \u003cem\u003eMy Caesarean\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Affirm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010602709228,"sku":"9781615195527","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781615195527-my-caesarean.jpg?v=1785153269","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/my-caesarean-by-amanda-fields-9781615195527","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}