Not being needlessly
traumatized by our birth experiences matters.
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.
Not exact matches
I've heard of plenty of women with happy, uneventful hospital
births, and then started reading NCB nonsense and convinced themselves they were
traumatized by their
experiences.
Other women have felt
traumatized, deeply disappointed, or even violated
by their
birth experiences.
How can we better support women during
birth so that they are not left
traumatized by the
experience?
If you believe that you have been
traumatized by your
experiences of giving
birth to your child, or
by witnessing a
birth of someone else's child, Solace for Mothers has resources and supportive communities available for you.
This situation is exacerbated if the mother had a difficult
birth, where she either felt psychologically
traumatized by the
experience or where it reminded her of her abusive past.