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.
As an endurance athlete and adventure junkie, Ruby’s* prolapse diagnosis following a traumatic forceps birth turned her world upside down. Here she recounts her long, difficult journey to acceptance and recovery.
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Tilly shares her story of being diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and requiring an emergency caesarean under general anaesthetic which resulted in complications.
My name is Kylie and I am a wife and mother to three beautiful young children. My obstetric history is quite extensive and even my Obstetrician joked that I’ve experienced every chapter of the text book.Â
Here is my story about Cerebral Palsy.. My hard won pregnancy with Oscar was perfectly normal, until it wasn’t. I was 25 weeks pregnant and
My trauma story related to NICU – what I wished I knew and what I may have done differently
Shiralee shares her story of her covid birth with a forceps delivery that resulted in PND, PNA and PTSD and her fight for her mental health.
Alison shares her story of a failed vacuum delivery resulting in a third-degree tear, prolapse and facial injuries to her baby. Warning: Distressing images
Tamara shares her story of a forceps birth and postpartum haemorrhage following a pregnancy complicated by placenta previa.
On World Disability Day, Briar Harte shares her inspiring story about birthing with a disability during COVID-19, and the extraordinary set of challenges she had to face.
What is ‘matrescence’? Social worker and founder of The Postnatal Project, Zelma Tolley, discusses our attitudes towards the process of becoming a mother, and why they need a rethink.
Safer births and better healing.
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