07/16/2025
1/3 of women have experienced birth trauma🚨 This is already unacceptable for a society as “advanced” as the U.S. but this research is also based on those who have identified their trauma and have spoken about it.
How many additional mothers are walking around a) in silence or b) with a story that their ego has told them in order to cope with the trauma, i.e., “they did what they had to do to save me and my baby,” “I’m so glad I was in the hospital,” “my birth was dangerous and my doctor saved me”? We’ve all heard it. I still hear it all the time. Heck, I walked around like that myself for years. And that’s not a bad thing - it’s a coping mechanism that helps us find peace.
In reality, they did save you…from the danger they created by interfering with the physiological birth process.
Not all birth trauma is avoidable but the vast majority of it is through informed consent, respecting the mother as the authority in her birth, childbirth education, and a devoted support system.
The way we enter this world matters 🫶🏼
