When you have been betrayed, you have a natural scar from that experience. Many people would call that experience traumatic. It is traumatic because your person, who is supposed to have your back and be one of your best friends, …
![Things that prevent us from talking about birth trauma I have a beautiful, healthy baby. Who am I to complain? I feel shame that my body let me down, and I don't want to talk about it. Everyone has a bad time with birth - I should be over this. When I talk about my experience, people don’t know what to say, so what’s the point It was my fault because I made a wrong decision/didn't communicate well etc.](https://jennynurick-wp-media-us-east.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/10_03_24_Things-that-prevent-us-from-talking-about-birth-trauma-1-copy-650x650.png)
Things That Prevent Us From Talking About Birth Trauma
In research into traumatic birthing experiences, they found that “Women attribute their traumatic childbirth experience primarily to lack and/or loss of control, issues of communication, and practical/emotional support. They believe that in many cases, their trauma could have been reduced …
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Healing Birth Trauma
I was so moved by how many of you shared your stories of traumatic births with me earlier in the week. Birth trauma might sound like this: I wish we were talking about this more. So – how do we …
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Birth Trauma
*Trigger warning for this one* It was difficult for me to speak about my birth trauma for a long time for a few reasons. Firstly, it felt ungrateful to acknowledge it. I had a baby. Who was I to complain …
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A Tool For Repair
The added bonus with this is that your kids learn by example. When they see you have a re-do, they learn that they can and will make mistakes, and it really is okay because there is a way to repair …