08/05/2025
Read this though - it’s not what you think.
Birth Trauma is Bull$hit — Part 2: The Second Wound
She finally found the courage to name it.
Not to blame. Not to dramatize. Just to speak.
She said, “This part of my birth was really distressing. Has anyone else felt like this?”
And the comments rolled in:
✨ “Birth is traumatic — what did you expect?”
✨ “That’s just how hospitals work.”
✨ “If that’s trauma, you must be pretty soft.”
No compassion. No curiosity. Just correction.
And that is the second wound.
The one that happens after the birth — when you realize that not even other mothers will hold space for your pain.
We are so conditioned to stay quiet, to “be grateful,” to get over it — that we’ve started turning on each other.
Birth trauma is real.
And it doesn’t need to look like your trauma for it to matter.
Instead of defending what happened, let’s defend her right to feel what she feels.
🌀 At Birth Story Medicine, we don’t minimize, correct, or gaslight.
We listen. We validate. We help people come home to themselves.
Because if you're sick of carrying this alone…
We’re here.
Let’s change the culture — one story at a time.
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