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Choosing a birth class based on what we want to hear and how comfortable we feel may not be the best approach
I’ve been working hard since 2017 on educating people about birth trauma and the sharing of birth stories. Here are my published articles. https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/05/changing-the-way-we-share-our-difficult-birth-stories/ https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/06/when-a-positive-birth-story-is-a-problem/ https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/07/lets-rethink-how-we-view-childbirth-with-these-questions/ https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/08/what-to-do-when-our-first-childbirth-isnt-perfect-we-want-a-do-over/ https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/09/is-your-birth-story-really-your-own/ http://thenaturalparentmagazine.com/after-traumatic-birth-the-importance-of-healing-your-birth-story/ https://livingnow.com.au/support-difficult-birth-experience/ https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/07/3-ways-worrying-can-be-an-effective-part-of-our-birth-plan/ https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/05/why-there-is-no-choice-in-childbirth/
You might be surprised to know that around 30% of women describe their birth experience as traumatic, and somewhere between 1.5-9% of women end up with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after giving birth. Partners, family or friends who witness a birth can also suffer from birth trauma, as can Midwives, Doctors and Doula’s. Let’s […]