Birth Trauma

The Way I Saved My Life

There are finally some flowers blooming in my life, but looking back to the summer of 2019, my mental health garden was shriveled and dying.

When Birth Breaks You – My Healing Journey Through Birth Trauma

By Janean Doherty Trigger Warning: Birth Trauma Beautiful. Sacred. Natural. Transcendent. Golden Hour. Perfect. These are all words that...

Occupational Therapy and Perinatal Mental Health

By Mauly Her Lo Trigger warning: brief mention of stillbirth I found out I was pregnant exactly one month after I graduated with my...

I Didn’t Know

By Megan Wahl, MDT | December 16, 2019 Trigger Warning: Birth trauma, Postpartum OCD Megan and her baby boy When I had my first baby, I...

A Story of Hope: Talia’s Story – Love Takes Time

Trigger warning: birth trauma I watched my son as he fell asleep in my arms today. In a simple way, it was magical. The way he gazed at...

I Didn’t Ask to be a NICU Mom

I didn’t ask to be a NICU mom. No one hopes that the first time they see their baby that he or she is tangled in a web of medical tape...

Somewhere Along the Way

Somewhere along the way, mothers are often forgotten. After giving ourselves entirely to the process of growing and birthing a human,...

Happy Birthday, Leo

*Trigger Warning: preterm labor, birth trauma Today marks one year. One year since I laid on the floor in a pool of blood wondering if my...