{"id":22,"date":"2015-08-06T00:43:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T00:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/cbac\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2017-09-06T03:49:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:49:03","slug":"the-emotional-impact-of-cbac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/cbac\/the-emotional-impact-of-cbac\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emotional Impact of CBAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"crying<\/a>A CBAC can be emotionally devastating.<\/p>\n

At the very least it is disappointing, even when it was a prudent or life-saving. It is not what was wanted, and although the mother absolutely loves her baby, she can be happy about her baby and still be sad or upset about how the baby arrived.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, however, a CBAC can be both disappointing and\u00a0empowering. It may seem like a contradiction, but sometimes there is great healing to be had in a CBAC.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, for some women, a CBAC can be very traumatizing, especially if her wishes were disrespected, she was treated badly, she was in tremendous pain, or the situation was life-threatening in some way.<\/p>\n

There is a wide variation in how women respond to a CBAC, and\u00a0all of them are valid<\/em>.\u00a0On the following pages, we will:<\/p>\n