from trauma to triumph
Many of the mothers come to Forsyth County Birth Stories after experiencing trauma in their pregnancies and birth experiences. Often they’ve felt isolated in their experience. Alienated from the medical system. Ignored by those who are supposed to be caring for them. Coming together helps moms see that they are not alone. In sharing their stories, they understand poor birth experiences are not some shortcoming of individuals, but of a system that treats the most wonderful human experience as a problem to be fixed, that treats moms as patients to be cured and ushered away. By sharing their stories, moms can identify common themes that connect them. That connection is the fuel for them to work together to identify tangible solutions.
“Doctors and nurses made me feel violated. They didn’t explain what they were doing to my body BEFORE they did it. I never got a chance to ask questions or refuse things that I didn’t want.” —FCBS MOM
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