"I've never told anyone this," she whispered and leaned across the cafe table. She proceeded to share the harder, truer side of her birth story--the story of when she felt powerless, voiceless, and ignored while laboring with her first child. Two years later, she still felt confused. Her baby was healthy. Her body physically recovered after her birth. She and her husband wanted more children, yet when she thought about delivering again, her body quaked. She could name, "Everyone says I should be grateful for a healthy delivery, but I had pictured it so differently. I want it to be different next time. Is that crazy?" Her eager eyes begged for hope.
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