Birth Trauma is real, I see you
Birth Trauma is real. Yes many labours and births are difficult, does that mean you just need to accept it? Keep thinking it was you who were unlucky or just didn’t cope as well as other woman. Think that it was years ago, so doesn’t impact you in any way now.
In recent years I’ve come to meet some beautiful Doulas and understand what they do. Love their compassionate and caring work, supporting woman to have an empowering birth experience. I wish I had known about them years ago. Yet, I needed to keep ‘snoozing’ their social media posts. The birth stories shared would trigger me.
I have one child. I NEVER intended to only have one child and NEVER wanted my son to be an only child, but there were reasons I stopped at one. I was traumatized from my birth experience for a good 4 years afterwards. And it really affected my mental state as a new mum.
I had really thought I had moved on from my birth trauma. The food and lifestyle changes I have done have dramatically improved my moods and how I cope with stress in my life. My son is now a teenager, and yet I was still triggered by these birth stories posted by these doulas.
What I always tell my EMU Wellness community is don’t EVER give up looking for an answer.
Don’t EVER accept that what ever is your current normal, needs to be your forever normal. In this case, getting emotionally triggered by birth stories. There is always hope.
