17/04/2026
In honor of C-Section Awareness Month 🤍
I didn’t deserve to hear “all women go through this” just hours after giving birth… not when I was battling a headache that felt like it could take my life. And I definitely didn’t deserve to be told, just 5 days later, “your stomach looks so big” — from someone who was supposed to be my comfort 😔
That day was meant to be my pregnancy photoshoot… a beautiful memory. Instead, I was being wheeled into the theater because my baby was in distress 😭
I was awake the entire time. I didn’t feel the pain in that moment… but my heart felt everything. I cried through it all — not for myself, but out of fear. Fear that something could go wrong… fear that my baby might grow up without me 😞
And the healing… no one truly prepares you for it.
It wasn’t just physical pain, it was everything. I couldn’t ease myself freely for days. I had tubes in my body, things I didn’t even understand, even though I didn’t have a vaginal birth. The bleeding went on for weeks… my body felt unfamiliar, heavy, and broken 😭😮💨
But somehow, I made it through.
To every C-section mama… I see you. I see your strength, your silent tears, your scar, and everything it represents ❤️🩹