I took back control of my Cesarean

April is Cesarean Awareness Month. API advocates for parents to research their options regarding childbirth choices. While API promotes choices with the least interventions possible, Cesareans are necessary in some situations. But a Cesarean does not need to prevent a gentle delivery.

API Leader Kelly Shealer shares the birth story of her third baby, from the disappointment in realizing that a VBAC wouldn't be possible to resolving to make her medically necessary Cesarean as attachment-friendly as possible. She succeeeded.