Informed Consent: Please don’t withhold information from women.
July 15, 2024
You NEED to inform people. Full stop. Please don’t withhold information from women.
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.
You NEED to inform people. Full stop. Please don’t withhold information from women.
Emily shares her story of birth trauma, and her road to recovery as she took control of her second birthing experience.
TRIGGER WARNING: Some discussion of birth injuries. Please read with care. If you’d like to connect with peer support find out more here. Birth Trauma
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.
Kate shares her experience of an instrumental delivery (forceps) that left her with bilateral levator avulsion and pudendal neuralgia.
Laura shares her experience of birth after levator avulsion.
Lesley shares her experienced of a subsequent birth after birth trauma, providing her tips for those considering another baby.
Emily shares her experience of a traumatic forceps delivery.
Trigger Warning: This birth story contains details of instrumental delivery, haemorrhage, tearing and prolapse. If you are triggered by these topics you may wish to skip
Amy shares her experience of an instrumental delivery and living with prolapse.
Esme shares tips and guides on getting back into exercise after birth. With tips on improving pelvic floor muscles. Esme is an exercise physiologist specialising in women’s health.
Ellie shares her story of birth trauma after experiencing a 3b tear.
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