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Birth Trauma Awareness - Your Story Matters

In Australia, 1 in 3 women identify their births as traumatic and 1 in 4 first-time mothers suffer major physical damage. These experiences often leave a long-lasting impact on a woman’s physical and mental health, their ability to bond with their baby and their relationships with their partners, family and friends. Our individual responses to birth can be extremely complex, regardless of whether it was a vaginal birth, vaginal birth with intervention, emergency cesarean or planned cesarean. Trauma is very personal, and unique. Some women find certain interventions more difficult to deal with than others, some might experience things that an onlooker might not consider to be traumatic. These feelings can play a role in the development of postnatal anxiety, depression or other stress-related disorders. What we have discovered is that the response of loved ones and supporting healthcare professionals plays a fundamental role across 3 key factors; 1. Trauma Identification 2. Trauma Recognition 3. Trauma Management. Without these 3 factors being addressed / identified the damage to a women’s physical and mental health can be catastrophic, and if left unidentified women can be left feeling frightened, unsafe and / or unheard, as well as potentially being physically damaged. A woman's partner or those that played a pivotal role in the birthing process may also be traumatised. Your feelings about your birth are real and should be acknowledged. The ABTA wants women and their families to know that they aren't alone and that there is help and support available. We are deeply honoured to the women who were brave enough to share their stories in the hope that they could help others. We encourage each and every person impacted by a trauma from the birth experience to raise their voices because 'your story matters'. Trigger warning - This may be distressing to some viewers who have experienced a traumatic birth. For support please join our private Facebook group:   / birthtrauma.org.au   For more information you can visit our website: birthtrauma.org.au