Birth Trauma: A First-Time Mum’s Story of Pain, Delay, and Recovery
April 11, 2025
We are grateful to share the inspiring journey of Emma Mackay, who is fundraising for the Birth Trauma Association (BTA) as part of the 2025
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.
We are grateful to share the inspiring journey of Emma Mackay, who is fundraising for the Birth Trauma Association (BTA) as part of the 2025
The theme of Birth Trauma Awareness Week 2024 is Informed Consent. To close this week’s conversations, Mary shares her thoughts on her two births, where true informed consent has made a huge difference to her experience.
Bria shares her story of an induction ending in a Caesarean section.
It took seeing more than 50 doctors for Adena’s pain to be diagnosed. She shares her story of how the gaps in medical care for new mums.
The traumatic birth of her son left Kiera with PTSD. Here she shares her journey of learning to overcome and live with the triggers.
At the delivery of Penny’s second daughter at 38 weeks, an umbilical cord prolapse created an emergency. Penny shares her story of trauma and recovery.
Sinead shares her story of a traumatic first birth, and her mission to empower herself with knowledge and a support team to ensure she felt prepared for her second birth.
Melinda shares her powerful and harrowing story of her experience with the mental health system in NSW after suffering debilitating postnatal depression following the birth of her daughter.
A courageous mum discusses her anxiety of going for her first pap smear after experiencing birth-related trauma.
Marianne shares her experience of a severe allergic reaction and PTSD from child birth.
Latisha shares her story of a haemorrhage and a uterine tear and the mental health journey of herself and her husband.
Emma shares what it is like to visit the doctor when you have PTSD from birth trauma.
Safer births and better healing.
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