Birth Trauma

Birth trauma is experienced by upwards of 80% of birthing mothers and affects not just the mother, but the baby, the partner, and the family unit.
The effects of birth trauma are physiological and psychological.
Physiologically birth trauma can impact breastfeeding, sleep patterns for mother and child, long-term unresolved pain from surgery and other interventions and the production of hormones such as oxytocin.
Psychologically the impacts can range from anxiety to PTSD. Back in the early 2000s, we knew that more than 16% of women experienced PTSD because of birth trauma! The mental health of a mother is paramount to the environment in which a child is brought up. When the mother’s mental health suffers, everyone suffers around her suffers. Babies are innately designed to absorb their caregiver’s energy, when that energy is tense, on edge, anxious or depressed etc, then that’s how the baby will behave. This in turn creates a cycle of upset mum, upset baby, guilt, doubt, anxiety, feelings of failure etc. This can have life-altering consequences for babies and parents.
It can not go on! The cycle must be broken. The push to make maternity services mother and baby-friendly have been going on for decades, it isn’t changing fast enough. Mothers and their partners need to be empowered before and after birth. I am here to help you make that change!