10/11/2025
Here’s the thing about cesarean births….
🤍 There are legitimate reasons people need cesareans! Usually your baby and body will give signs when things are headed that direction despite “doing all the things”, and thank goodness cesareans are an option!
🤍 Having agency is important, just like any birth! That means you can decide to have an elective cesarean. You can decide at any point that’s the path you want. You can say you want immediate skin to skin, delayed cord clamping, and other options that should still be made available to you when at all possible. We know these things have amazing benefits for mom and baby.
👎🏽 The problem is - fear mongering and unnecessary cesareans. Which happens way more than I wish was the case.
👎🏽 Inductions are the new norm and a big reason for the “cascade of interventions” which ends in a cesarean. Meanwhile, usually the induction wasn’t even medically necessary
👎🏽 Then alot of practitioners claim to be “ok” with a VBAC but then don’t give people a true trial at labor come the time for birth. That’s not cool. All of a sudden, baby has to be out by 39 weeks, or is looking big, or some non-medical reason that is used for coercion.
👎🏽 We don’t have proper support for postpartum care as it is, and with a cesarean, we definitely need that extra support.
🤍The good news is — doulas can help with all of this! Whether it’s a planned or unplanned cesarean birth, we got you and can absolutely help this process.
🤍 Over the past 11 years, I’ve had 6 clients have a cesarean birth, none in which were unnecessary. I know for sure there was a calm, confidence, and level of support that these families had that they wouldn’t have otherwise had without a doula.
🤍 Reach out for questions, support, birth story debriefing, referral, or anything you think I could help with.
xoxoxo
Kristin
