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Birth Stories 08 Oct 2026

Birth Story: Rebekah

My Birth Story – Violet | August 2022 | Wellington, New Zealand At 30 weeks pregnant, I went to a routine midwife appointment where my blood pressure was high. I...

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Birth Stories 01 Oct 2026

Birth Story: Samantha and Darcy

“Code Pink, we need blood now.” Sensing the midwives’ brewing panic, my OB took firm control. It was only a few minutes ago that my baby had been whisked away...

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Birth Stories 01 Sep 2026

Birth Story: Marija Zivic Board Member

Content Wellbeing Notes: suicide. Please read with care if this content may be sensitive for you. Marija Zivic serves as a non executive director on the Birth Trauma Australia Board....

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Birth Stories 14 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Lauren for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

My Birth Cost Me Emotionally The four minutes between my baby’s heart rate dropping and him being born changed something in me permanently. Being asked to consent to surgery while...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Courtney for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

Although there was definitely out of pocket costs associated with my birth trauma – perinatal psychology, womens physiotherapy for levator avulsion and so on… I feel the biggest cost from...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Hannah for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

Birth-related (breastfeeding) trauma cost me so many precious bonding opportunities with my newborn son. It cost me the sleep and rest my body needed in hospital after giving birth. It...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Danni for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

Birth trauma has impacted every facet of my life. I now have additional diagnoses of C-PTSD, anxiety and depression. It has wreaked havoc on my relationships with others, personally and...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Natalee for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

My birth trauma cost me far more than a physical injury. It cost me my mental health, with nights spent lying awake replaying the birth in my mind and blaming...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Laura for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

Birth trauma didn’t take my life, but it changed it forever. It cost me the beginning of my daughter’s life. Instead of holding her in my arms after she was...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Bec for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

Birth-related trauma has cost me in ways that are difficult to put into words. To begin with, it nearly cost me my life on October 14th 2022 after the birth...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Niluka for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

My story is quite long. Its something i have written down and never really got to share. For me the cost has been emotional, cost to my future and my...

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Birth Stories 10 Jul 2026

Birth Story: Tayla for Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2026

On the 22nd of July 2024, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter Saskia via elective caesarean section. What should have been the beginning of the most magical chapter of...

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