Psychology Today | 02.07.2026 07:57
Rewind to 15 years ago. I had given birth to our first child, our daughter. The birth itself…didn't go as planned. I went into it with some rigid ideas of how I wanted things to go — my protector parts trying to gain control in an experience that made me nervous. The image that took a long time to heal from was when they finally pulled her out during the emergency cesarean; my husband said, "Look, Cassidy, she's here!" And I turned away, my eyes closed.
