Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section

Format: Audio CD Language: English ISBN: B0CV9FZ7BN ISBN13: 9798874622978 Release Date: June 2024 Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 1 Pages An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America--the cesarean section--and an expos on the disturbing state of maternal medical careWhen Rachel Somerstein had an unplanned C-section with her first child, the experience was anything but the "routine" operation her doctor described. A series of errors by her clinicians led to a real-life nightmare: surgery without anesthesia. The ensuing mental and physical complications left her traumatized and desperate for answers about how things could have gone so wrong.In the United States, one in three babies is born via C-section, a rate that has grown exponentially over the past fifty years. And while in most cases the procedure is "safe," it is not without significant, sometimes life-changing consequences, with its burdens falling di