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Getting the run around….
In reading about other individual’s experiences with elective cesarean, I have counted myself lucky that the opposition from medical professionals that many mothers face in obtaining the right to...
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The Loss of a Birth Plan
Trauma. That word evokes feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, injury, shock, disbelief, anger, sadness, despair. Trauma does not equally impact individuals. One person’s trauma may not be another...
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The first step to Wellness
Navigation of treatment is one of the many obstacles that an individual faces when dealing with trauma. In both physical and emotional trauma, the simple confession, if you will, to oneself of one’s...
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Click
Click. Click. Click. The noise of two pieces of metal coming together. The sound of a fork scraping a plate at dinner, keys jangling, money jingling. The sound that could instantly put me in a...
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Forceps
This weekend, a story came to my attention that left me emotionally devastated. You can read the story in its entirety here. The story highlights the birth of baby Olivia, who, following a rather...
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Cringe
Sometimes, I cringe. I cringe when I hear stories about birth trauma. I cringe when someone contacts me with yet another story of doctor incompetence resulting in physical and emotional harm. I...
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This is Me
I am a woman. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am an educated individual. I am a wife. I am a mother. I am an advocate. I am me. I am me. But, does everyone know the real me? Sometimes I feel...
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Living with Chronic Disease
At our most recent support group, we discussed living with chronic disease. Our guest speaker, a mental health professional that focuses on chronic disease, was extremely helpful in guiding our...
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Spring Training
Lately, I have found myself fixated on the fact that I just can’t work out. Because I fractured the wire on my first sacral nerve stimulator while engaging in aqua aerobics, I am worried, actually...
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Reprogramming
Yesterday, I updated my Interstim Device programming. Since having the device put in the second time, I’ve gone back and forth to the office to achieve more optimal programming. Knowing that my first...
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