Book jacket image for Invisible Labor by Rachel Somerstein

Ecco

9780063264410

STARRED REVIEW

Invisible Labor

Invisible Labor is a sobering, provocative and deeply researched look at the history of C-sections and how they impact women’s lives.

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Review of ‘Invisible Labor’

Author Rachel Somerstein experienced a traumatic cesarean section with the birth of her first child. When the epidural failed, she felt every moment of the surgery, which continued while she screamed and was restrained by nurses. After her daughter was born, Somerstein spent years trying to make sense of what had happened. 

No wonder, then,…

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