I’ve finally made the step to get a local ICAN chapter started for this area! I’ve been thinking about it for a long time now and really feel this is the right time. I’ve heard back from Ruthie Dicken and Lauren Cooper from ICAN and will be talking with them more in the coming week. I really feel that North Louisiana needs an ICAN chapter not only to help get the word out about issues surrounding maternity care, Cesarean prevention, VBAC, and everything in between but also to help women in this area who may be suffering from grief, anger, regret, or any other emotions from their Cesarean births.
We need to have a safe place for our mothers who may be struggling with their birth experience to vent, learn, and realize they are not alone. We get so caught up in our “Steel Magnolia” persona in the South that sometimes women forget that they have the right to be sad or disappointed in their birth experience. The “at least you have a healthy baby” mantra is echoed by just about everyone not realizing that it’s just as important to have a healthy mother.
I hope by bringing ICAN to this area women will feel they now have a voice and that a “sisterhood” of birth warriors will be formed around shared experiences.
The term “Steel Magnolia” may just take on a whole new meaning.
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