“It hurts so much to know what you are losing while you are losing it...that birth you fought so hard for. After legally resisting a court-ordered Cesarean during pregnancy (based solely on the fact that I was carrying twins), at 37 weeks I arrived at the hospital by ambulance with a placental detachment. Alone in triage, the doctor smugly said to me, "Oh, look who is here to get the Cesarean we all told her she would need anyway..." That comment was like a sledgehammer to my heart. When you fight for women’s birthing rights and work so hard to bring these issues to light in order to change them, it is incredibly damaging to consciously lose the birth you just knew you would have...and planned to have. Add to that the condescending comments and disrespectful treatment by the doctors and nurses before, during and after my surgery...yes, I left with two healthy boys...but completely traumatized.”

-Tracee, Yuma AZ