In this UK sample, non-birthing parents show significant childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CB-PTSD) symptoms and increased invasion in the parent-infant relationship after traumatic ...

An emerging line of research on birth trauma can help us to understand just how common this experience is and how to cope with this experience. There should be room to express both gratitude about the ...

When most people think of trauma, they think about large-scale and uncontrollable events. Circumstances like war, natural disasters, rape, and car or plane accidents are some of the possible scenarios ...

It's Black Maternal Health Week. Here's everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. When Tisheila Justice was pregnant with her twins 11 years ago, an idyllic birth plan that ...

Over the past few months, women have bled out from caesareans they did not consent to. We’ve seen them die delivering babies conceived through rape or take their own lives if the birth isn’t going ...

Birth trauma may not be the intention – and in some cases it’s unavoidable when medical staff intervene to save the life of the mother and child. But in other cases, it’s preventable, say mothers who ...

As Sheryl crouched on all fours in a birthing pool in a Yorkshire hospital, she became convinced her baby boy was going to die. Between the crippling contractions that felt like a hot knife through ...

Christina Perri gave a raw look at her past pregnancies and how the trauma of those experiences contributed to an unexpected birthing experience with daughter Pixie Christina Perri is being vulnerable ...

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