Tag: Birth Trauma
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A Reflection on Resilience: Understanding Tulip Skin and the Journey to “Holland”
I recently finished Tulip Skin by Laura Sánchez, and it was exceptional. What resonated with me most was not just the resilience woven throughout the autobiography, but the way she wrote motherhood, birth, and survival with such artesanal softness and brutal honesty. As she worked through the moments surrounding both of her children’s births, I found myself…
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What Happens After HIE: A Timeline of Diagnosis and Understanding
The Diagnosis Phase (HIE) Labor lasted three days, with constant decelerations that never fully resolved. By Monday morning, just before shift change, everything escalated and we were rushed into an emergency C-section. Due to complications, I was put under anesthesia. I woke up with no baby. My husband was not told where she was. We…