"At Least You Have a Healthy Baby"
"My name is Meghan Rodberg. I had my first
child vaginally in 1988, and was pitocin'd into
a c-section with my second in 2000. I had an under-medicated
surgery and was just sedated until I couldn't
complain any more and just cried through it. I
guess it's a pretty common story, so not much
more to tell... it's unfortunately a scenario
we've all heard a thousand times.
Gretchen Humpries wrote a long essay about the
'At least you have a healthy baby' thing and it
really rang true for me [see You
Should Be Grateful]. I've run across this
attitude countless times and it's pretty infuriating
and saddening. So I had the idea to do a series
of photographs that expressed my feelings about
the healthy baby line and my c-section.
After my c-section, and still 13 months later,
I feel damaged. My body will never be the same,
my trust in my body will never be the same, everything
is changed and no amount of suturing can ever
bring that back. That's what I wanted to express
in the photos.
I'm a total amateur, but I think it gets the
point across pretty well. Some of you may roll
your eyes and that's fine, but I hope it speaks
to some others like it did to me when I first
pictured it in my mind." -Meghan
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