I’ve found that advocacy, ME being an advocate, is the key to my healing. Believe me, I am not discounting the endless hours of therapy, medical surgical advances, tears, and strife that I have gone through by wrapping it up in a neat little package of being an advocate. It is because of those things that I can be an advocate. It is because I recognize the pain, both physical and emotional, that I can relate to, empathize with, and educate those in similar situations.
Being in my own little corner of the blogging world, I can begin to reach out to others in a way that I was not able to before. I appreciate all of the connections that I am making with my statements, and urge the followers of my blog to reach out and the name of my blog to others that may be needing support. The thing about fecal incontinence and PTSD as a result of childbirth is that it is mainly a hidden, almost taboo, subject so you never really know who needs to be reached and when! It is my hope that my blog can erase the taboo nature of birth trauma and educate the medical community and our peers about a very real problem in our society.
Thanks for Reading,
Lauren
