20/07/2025
1 in 3 mothers experience birth trauma—but so many stay silent, wondering if what they went through “counts.”
It's common to downplay your own experience… to think it “wasn’t that bad,” to push it aside, or to tell yourself to just move on. But birth trauma is real, and it’s more common than you might think.
-Trauma is anything that happens too much, too fast, too soon, or not enough for your nervous system to handle.-
Let that sink in.
Birth trauma can happen during pregnancy, birth, or the postpartum period—and it doesn’t always look like what people imagine. It might be physical pain, emotional distress, unexpected complications, or even feeling unheard or dismissed during your care.
It can affect birthing parents and non-birthing parents alike — and like any trauma, it can show up through emotions 😢, thoughts 💭, physical symptoms 🫀, or behaviors that don’t seem like “you.”
You’re not alone. Your experience matters. And healing is possible. 💗
