{"product_id":"the-stitch-up-by-emma-szewczak-9781784744915","title":"The Stitch-Up","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExposing shocking scandals of medical misogyny worldwide, \u003cem\u003eThe Stitch-Up\u003c\/em\u003e is a rallying cry for vaginal healthcare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book could not be more timely' OBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGot endometriosis? You should have a baby!\u003cbr\u003e\nPainful post-birth prolapse? Well, you had a baby.\u003cbr\u003e\nLet down by doctors? Try our wellness candle!\u003cbr\u003e\nEpisiotomy scar? Why not trim your labia too?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a stitch-up. And we demand better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Emma was being sewn up following the birth of her second child, the midwife paused, looked up, and said the worst thing anyone has ever said to her—'Your vagina's fallen out.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter receiving a vague diagnosis of 'prolapse', she spent the next two years being shunted between specialists. The solutions on offer ranged from kegels to hysterectomy and even labia trimming. Some doctors simply shrugged and said there was nothing they could do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWomen around her spoke of similar experiences—mothers told that pain was the price of parenthood; trans women blamed for 'wanting a vagina in the first place'; Black women disbelieved and dismissed; intersex men and women lied to by their doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe mesh scandal that injured thousands. The 'love doctor' who performed nonconsensual vaginal surgeries. Over and over again, Emma heard stories of women in pain, bleeding, dying, failed by the professionals who were supposed to help them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMedical misogyny kills, and leaves many more in agony, unable to live full lives. \u003cem\u003eThe Stitch-Up\u003c\/em\u003e tells their stories and calls for better research, healthcare options, language, and treatment, arguing that being female should never be a death sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Inspiring and invigorating' JULIA BUENO, author of The Brink of Being\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Deeply unsettling and affecting' CATHERINE AIREY, author of Confessions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600417997036,"sku":"9781784744915","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784744915-the-stitch-up.jpg?v=1777988426","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-stitch-up-by-emma-szewczak-9781784744915","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}