When I started blogging in the Autumn of 2010, a large part of my need to get my thoughts out of my head was
because of the birth trauma I'd suffered whilst having Sausage in August 2008.
Not exact matches
This episode is a must listen whether you've had a
birth trauma or not
because it is something that a significant number
of women unfortunately still experience today.
Fortunately, I didn't hold tight to those pipe dreams for too long, either,
because while that might be someone else's life (perhaps they have lots
of help, or money to afford said help, and had easy
births and minimal
trauma, unlike myself), it certainly was not for me.
He had an APGAR
of 3, he wasn't breathing
because of swelling in his neck (his face and neck endured the entire
trauma a baby's head usually takes when it traveled through the
birth canal).
Around 500 babies die every year
because of a
trauma or event during
birth that was not anticipated or well managed.
Further research revealed that more than half
of the mothers with a child who fell into this category had suffered a
trauma immediately before the
birth of the child and had developed depression
because of that
trauma.
Someone does not need for their baby to die for them to be ranging from a bit to incredibly traumatized by a
birth experience... and not necessarily due to expectations she holds but
because of trauma from A. nearly dying, like a friend
of mine that an ER doctor yanked her entire uterus out
of her body (yes, her uterus) and she was rushed to OR and bled to death but was brought back and spent a month in hospital.
But I wan na address Elizabeth
because she is still fresh from the
trauma of the situation and what I find is moms here that but now I can't hear from them again and again saying «I never dreamed to have problems in breastfeeding» you know, you just thinking I get through the
birth that's all the risk and your dream is been shattered.
That's
because my fear is based on prior
birth trauma, the results
of which my child and I will carry with us for the rest
of our lives.
Dr. Douglas Fenton: Well if your measure huge, then we typically..., I would typically do an ultra sound, just
because if the
birth weight
of a baby in a mother that has Gestational Diabetes is over 4500 grams, there is increased risk
of a
birth trauma, hence the problem is the accuracy
of ultra sound around term is so poor.
Because I didn't want it to happen again and it was through interviewing her and our prenatal appointments that I was really able to have someone who could listen and understood
births, had seen
birth trauma and could help me prepare for my next
birth by dealing with some
of that anxiety and that fear that was absolutely coming in from the memory
of the first
birth.
You simply can not expect those
of us who have experienced true
birth trauma - and continue to experience it every day
because we are in chronic pain due to our injuries or
because we are now unable to have more children or
because something happened to our babies during delivery - to even attempt to be supportive
of women complain about a traumatic
birth even though they can go on their merry way, totally healthy with totally healthy babies.
Sometimes people plan to have a cesarean
birth or surgical
birth because of because of triggers around pain, sexual
trauma or just a generalized fear
of the process that can be overcome with education or support.