Candice Brathwaite: 'I’m at the forefront of a discussion that will save women’s lives'

A horrifying experience after the birth of her daughter set the blogger on a mission to make motherhood more inclusive

Soon after Candice Brathwaite gave birth to her daughter Esmé – by Caesarean section, rather than the home birth she dreamed of – she became convinced something wasn’t right.

At night she was sweating through her sheets, which midwives put down to hormonal changes. And the raised lump gathering beneath her C-section wound? Just scar tissue, they said. “If those who had studied medicine with the hopes of making people feel better were treating me as if nothing was wrong, who was I to argue?” Brathwaite writes, but in the meantime, she gave up on breastfeeding Esmé and felt little connection with her. 

When the Uber is running late but you and your bro need to get to the shoobs by any means possible. ❤️

In 2015 I went to the staff conference of the publishing house I was then working at. So many authors came up to speak and I felt butterflies in my tummy even thinking about being on the other end of this machine. I nudged @livvithomas in the ribs and I said ‘Mate, one day I’m going to talk about my book at a sales conference.’ And she laughed but agreed, ‘yes you will.’ And today that dream came true. It is so trippy actually living my dream. Thank you for the moment @quercusbooks

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