Birth Trauma Resolution

Designed to help mothers and parents who have experienced difficult or traumatic births.

Giving birth can be a challenging and overwhelming experience, and my goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment for you to heal and process your feelings.

What is Birth Trauma?

Not all birth experiences are happy ones. Some women are left with negative memories of their birth that have a very serious impact on their daily lives and their parenting experience. Some remember their birth as a terrifying event where they feared for their own or their baby’s safety. Approximately 6% of women experience birth trauma, but the real number is likely to be much higher as so many suffer in silence.

Birth trauma is very individual. An experience perceived as traumatic for some is not for another. Trauma may be triggered by experiences during pregnancy or birth. It may be linked to pregnancy loss or miscarriage. It can be due to loss of control, loss of dignity, fear, or mistreatment. It can even be the trigger for a previous trauma to reappear.

The symptoms are varied but may include:

Flashbacks
Nightmares
Difficulty sleeping
Fear
Anxiety
Panic
Anger or rage
Difficulty bonding with your baby
Avoiding people or places that may remind you of your birth
Difficulty finding joy
Difficulty concentrating

Up to 80% of women who experience birth trauma can process and resolve the symptoms on their own in the weeks following the birth. However, 20% of women will need extra support to process and resolve the symptoms they are experiencing.

How can Birth Trauma Resolution help?

Your birth experience cannot change, but with the right support, you can change how it affects you. There’s no need to suffer in silence. If you decide to work with me, we’ll start with a screening tool to ensure Birth Trauma Resolution is suitable for you.
Birth Trauma Resolution utilises various non-invasive therapeutic tools to eliminate the negative emotional responses linked to your birth experience. Together, we’ll work on reducing the stress response triggered by birth memories and building your resilience and confidence to move forward positively.
The tools used include guided meditations, breathing techniques, and the rewind technique, which allows the brain to process and store birth memories.
Birth Trauma Resolution works quickly. Typically, we can achieve resolution after 3-4 sessions. Birth-related trauma can also affect men, birth partners, and midwives. Birth Trauma Resolution can be used to treat vicarious trauma.
You can book a free 15-minute session to find out if Birth Trauma Resolution is something you’d like to explore. I also offer a birth debrief service, which is a 1-hour session to debrief your birth experience without undergoing Birth Trauma Resolution. This option is suitable for those with unresolved birth issues but do not experience trauma symptoms.