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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…
“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…
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….
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…
Birth Trauma Australia has proudly launched a new free telehealth service that will give Women+ across Australia better access to specialist pelvic physiotherapy support after birth, wherever they live and…
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…
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…
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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If you are in immediate danger call 000.
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24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention.
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Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia.
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24/7 crisis support for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples.
