Scars
12/07/07 16:43 Filed in: Märia's
bLog
Did you know if you type "c-section" in Google's
images pages the most popular picture is Britney
Spears climbing out of a car without underwear where
you can see her faint c-section scar? Most are edited
with a heart or a kitty or an "oops" covering her so
it's "decent." Did you also know that in the year
2005 (when Seporah was born) 30.9% of babies were
born via c-section? That's essentially 1 in 3 babies.
The WHO recommends the c-section rate be no more than
15%, but because of a lot of factors mostly fear of
litigation and malpractice rates as well as the
preferring of physicians to practice 9-to-5, our
country's not listening. When you think about it,
that's a lot of women running around with a laughing
smiling face scar on their abdomen. A lot of women
unhappy about their bodies. Of course in our culture
of photo shopped images of perfect women, can any
woman really get through life without some animosity
towards their bodies wether they have scars or not.
So it's not so much the scars but the robbing of the
entrance into motherhood. I get a daily reminder or
that when ever I get dressed, it's pretty ugly, every
single day.
I realized I'd never seen another c-section scar except mine, which prompted the wondering of what other's looked like and finding Britney Spears underwear-less. I did find another site though http://www.theshapeofamother.com/submissions/ This is a site where any women can send in pictures of their bodies to show others that they look pretty normal for post baby. On the front page it says, "It occurred to me that a post-pregnancy body is one of this society's greatest secrets; all we see of the female body is that which is airbrushed and perfect, and if we look any different, we hide it from the light of day in fear of being seen. That makes me want to cry. Sure we all talk about the sagging boobs and other parts, but no one ever sees them. Or if they do, it's in comical form, mocking the beauty that created and nourished our children." There is some nudity, but not pornographic. I thought it was a nice website. I've now seen a few more scars and I know mine is a lot bigger than most, but at least my stretch marks are no where bad as some (or at least not yet).
I realized I'd never seen another c-section scar except mine, which prompted the wondering of what other's looked like and finding Britney Spears underwear-less. I did find another site though http://www.theshapeofamother.com/submissions/ This is a site where any women can send in pictures of their bodies to show others that they look pretty normal for post baby. On the front page it says, "It occurred to me that a post-pregnancy body is one of this society's greatest secrets; all we see of the female body is that which is airbrushed and perfect, and if we look any different, we hide it from the light of day in fear of being seen. That makes me want to cry. Sure we all talk about the sagging boobs and other parts, but no one ever sees them. Or if they do, it's in comical form, mocking the beauty that created and nourished our children." There is some nudity, but not pornographic. I thought it was a nice website. I've now seen a few more scars and I know mine is a lot bigger than most, but at least my stretch marks are no where bad as some (or at least not yet).
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