story of vulnerability – Deercreekfoundation

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The RAE says a vulnerable person is “a person who is physically or morally likely to be injured or to suffer injury”. And we go through life hurting. After all, being alive means being exposed to things, both good and bad, that move us, excite us, and hurt us. Of course, there are conditions that make us more or less vulnerable, for example violence.

This week I had the pleasure of sharing space with several women who identify themselves as vulnerable. These are women who have experienced obstetric violence and are participating. A project called “Vulnerables” to be exact.by visual artist Sylvia Marte. She collects their portraits and their stories, forming an impressive and necessary collective story about how widespread it is in Spain. obstetric violence. The image at the top of the newsletter is yours and is part of the project.

I met Eva. While the family was having a meal, the gynecologist rushed her delivery because her delivery ended with a cut and she almost died. After weeks of searching for answers and a diagnosis, surgeons discovered that not only her vagina, but also her digestive system, had been torn apart. She had to undergo extensive surgery, including a complete reconstruction of her pelvic floor. The impact of all this on his life was, in short, a new life that the court did not agree to for him, losing his home due to financial consequences, and having a brutal impact on his health and mental life.

They went to Elena’s stomach. The Christeller method is definitely not recommended, but those who attended her birth didn’t care. Elena said she ran out of air and thought she was going to die. But worst of all was his daughter, who suffered from obstetric brachial paralysis, leaving her with a lifelong disability.

Belén is a deaf woman who was virtually ignored during the birth process. No one explained anything to her, no one looked at her face or tried to communicate. Even when they started manually removing the placenta and pushing her into the operating room.

When they were able to speak, and sharing their stories, it brought them redemption. They, and the rest of the women, people participating in the projectthey feel weak, but at the same time violated. Pregnancy and childbirth become particularly vulnerable within a system in which these two conditions are understood as dangerous and must be managed, and where the time it takes to give birth and sacred productivity, and the scarcity of human resources and delivery rooms, fundamentally collide.

In short, we are weak because we are exposed as human beings, but also because, without a doubt, the world we live in has certain threats and risks that make us even more vulnerable.

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We have a big day coming up next week 🙂 We’ll tell you about it in the next newsletter.