Ep.2/ BIRTH TRAUMA: IT’S REAL
BIRTH TRAUMA EXISTS AND IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON HOW YOU ENTER MOTHERHOOD. WE NEED TO START TO UNDERSTAND IT’S IMPLICATIONS INSTEAD OF NORMALISING THE CASCADE OF TEARS THAT COMES AS WE EMBARK ON THE NEW VERSION OF US, FOLLOWING A FAILING OF THE BIRTHING SYSTEM.
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I’m joined by Sakina Ballard who helps women prepare for birth with hypno-birthing but she also supports women emotionally before and after the monumental event.
We explore the implications of our birth on our experience of being a mother, how trauma can impact us and we delve into childhood and how it shapes our parental choices.