Pushy doctors sadly account for
a lot of birth trauma to moms and their babies.
Not exact matches
(
Birth trauma, early cord clamping...) I also think heading towards more physiological
births will reduce a
lot of breastfeeding initiation problems.
For a
lot of women, becoming informed about
birth, choosing our providers carefully, and articulating a
birth plan are ways for us to avoid unnecessary
birth trauma.
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.
Home visiting to new mothers after vaginal
birth has shown me
lots of residual
birth trauma that causes significant pain for quite a while.
I also think that we really need to focus on preventing and addressing
birth trauma — and a
lot of that is going to have to be a result
of a culture shift with respect to
birth and a willingness to accept a wide diversity
of women with a wide range
of circumstances.
I now felt outraged on how women and babies were treated in a
lot of settings, and passionate about doing my part to enable mamas and babies to
birth without the upsetting experiences and unneccesary interventions that result in real
trauma.