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Originally Posted by karena
I don't want to sound glib, but your scar is evidence of what you have given to the world, that you have created new life. That is amazing. And you should be able to wear your scar with pride. It's like stretch marks - they should be a badge of honour for all mothers. (But that does come from someone who has no such scar, nor stretch marks, (as I have given no new life to the world) so perhaps it's easy for me to say). Just a thought...
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Yes, I've told myself the same thing over and over and over through the years. If I had it to do all over again, I'd do it in a heartbeat, no second thoughts. If it hadn't been for the C-section almost 24 years ago now, I wouldn't have had my beautiful son, who was born on Valentine's Day, nor my beautiful daughter, now 21. My son's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and he was breech. The doctor told me that my baby would have strangled to death if I'd tried to give birth to him naturally. What he
didn't tell me (I found out from my mother-in-law a year and a half later) was that there was a chance that I might have died, too, because my pelvis is so small. So, yes, I've told myself many times that my scar is a "badge of honor," but even though my husband has never actually come out and said it, I think my belly's appearance is kind of a turn-off for him. That hurts.
