Birth trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: 8 Tools to Help You

Birth trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: 8 Tools to Help You

 During the birth of my first child, I spent two hours in the final pushing stage of labor. I was tended to by a midwife who despite my requests for a natural birth, was keen to “get the job done.” The fetal heart rate was fine but she attempted to prepare me for an episiotomy – I told her where to go. She complained about the time I was taking and the “mess” she had to clear up. Maybe the midwife was having a bad day; I doubt she should be a midwife at all.