{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Avoiding Unnecessary C-Section: Self Advocacy for Hospital Births and Healing from Coercion","description":"In this episode of Womb Stories Project, Kit Maloney, founder of Kitara, shares her raw birth story on a phone call with two sisters\u2026 just 3 weeks after giving birth (in her 40s) to a healthy baby girl. An incorrect ultrasound report shows Kit\u2019s baby in transverse position and completely derails her home birth plans. What followed was the very real possibility of an emergency C-section.  Her work with Kitara informed that moment. She recognized the pattern because she had heard it so many times. \u201cEverything was fine, and then suddenly it became an emergency C-section.\u201d With an EPIC labor support team ( her husband and midwife ) and years experience in women\u2019s health and advocacy, Kit was able to have an unmedicated hospital birth within a highly medicalized system.  But what if she didn't? Her experience speaks to the importance of support in hospital birth, patient advocacy during labor, and how challenging it can be to navigate informed consent and avoid unnecessary birth interventions.  At one point, the situation escalated to threats of the Department of Health and Human Services being called. Kit found herself wondering, \u201chow am I going to get out of here?\u201d  What followed wasn\u2019t just about getting through the experience, but what it meant to come out the other side of it with a sense of agency and wholeness. Birth trauma is real.  Kit has come to see that a huge part of trauma prevention is being able to process more quickly. To be witnessed and affirmed almost in the moment of it can set you up for a totally different recovery. This episode reaffirms the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the Womb Stories Project. Sharing our stories is an invaluable piece of spreading awareness, education, and advocacy within the women's health and wellness world. If this resonates, like, subscribe and share your birth story below in the comments.    Kitara provides beautifully designed, expertly crafted tools for safe and easy in-home yoni steaming.  Shop yoni steam seats  Learn more about the benefits of yoni steaming Follow Kitara on Instagram   ","author_name":"Womb Stories Project","author_url":"https:\/\/www.kitaralove.com\/","html":"