Women+ Positioning Statement
January 12, 2026
Birth Trauma Australia is evolving its language to better reflect the people we support. We are adopting Women+ as a more inclusive, compassionate, and accurate
In this blog, women and their families share their experience of birth trauma. These stories are shared in their own voice and may be distressing to some readers.
Please take care to ensure you are ready to read these stories today and engage in the self-care and support you need to process what these stories bring up for you.
We tell these stories because many people find them helpful and it informs us all of the wide range of birth experiences families undergo.
“When there is one way, one story, learning is stunted. When we have more stories, we have more from which to learn. We see over and over again how choices, options, more stories, help us all.”
You can submit your story by emailing ABTA.
Birth Trauma Australia is evolving its language to better reflect the people we support. We are adopting Women+ as a more inclusive, compassionate, and accurate
In 2015, despite a normal and complication-free pregnancy, I developed severe pre-eclampsia late in the third trimester. After this diagnosis, I was immediately induced.