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.
Rachael suffered significant pelvic floor injury after a vacuum delivery. Here she tells her story of recovery and managing her symptoms in her second pregnancy.
In addition to her physical injuries, Emma suffered PTSD after a forceps birth. Here, she shares her journey towards healing, utilising trauma therapy.
Navigating the first birthday after birth trauma can be challenging, with unpleasant memories rising up to trigger feelings of grief and symptoms of PTSD.
ABTA Ambassador, Dane Muller, offers a dad’s advice for coping with birth trauma. He encourages birthing partners that have experienced the fear of losing their baby or partner to seek support.
A partner’s experience of birth trauma can often be dismissed in the buzz of the postpartum period. As mum Brittanie explains, trauma is in the eye of the beholder, and childbirth can impact everyone involved very differently.
After falling pregnant easily with IVF, Kylie went on to have a traumatic birth. Here she talks about the profound guilt and judgment she felt when admitting her trauma.
Sara has found hope knowing she is not alone through a Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support group.
Rebecca shares her birth experience and subsequent diagnosis of prolapse and how it has impacted her life.
Danae shares her birth story of unexpectedly giving birth at home and the psychological trauma (PTSD).
It is five and a half years since my daughter was born. Unlike some women who had traumatic first births, I went on to have
Safer births and better healing.
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