My traumatic birth experience in 2016 left me confused, scarred, and completely in love with my son. The years the followed were for healing and learning how to be a parent (which is very hard to do all at once). This is not a “how-to” memoir, but rather, a chronicle of my humbling journey, which includes several “wtf” moments like: learning to potty train, planning for births that didn’t go as I intended, and finding my brand of motherhood. Told with honesty and humor, I hope readers will find validation and camaraderie in my birth memoir. For a free preview, visit courtneydavella.substack.com/p/prologue.