I've spent the last 10 months doing whatever I can to prepare for a peaceful and trauma - free birth experience as I had a fairly traumatic birth experience with my son. (yummymummyclub.ca)
I soon found I was especially interested in helping women heal from traumatic birth experiences. (solaceformothers.org)
This method of giving birth involves immersion in warm water which is said to provide pain relief for the mother and a less traumatic birth experience for the baby. (pregnancy-info.net)