Sarah’s Story: The Trauma of Precipitous Delivery
Pregnancy #1 In my first pregnancy, I knew the “rule” for heading to the hospital is when you have contractions 5 minute apart, lasting 1 minute each, for at least 1 hour. However, my body didn’t have a gradual progression through labor. After about 24 hours of mild,...
Megan’s Story: Hyperemisis, Poor Treatment, Placental Abruption, and PTSD
I have two beautiful children, 3 years old and just turned 1. Both of my pregnancies were rough. Both of their births were even more rough. I will start with the first. First Pregnancy With my first we tried to get pregnant for 8 months before finally getting...
Rebekah’s Story: Polyhydramnios, Intuition, and Dysfibrinogenemia.
My husband Mike and I tried for one month in the spring of 2015 before we conceived our first child. For Mike, seeing those two pink lines caused him to grin from ear to ear, but for me – my mind went to the emotion of fear. Maybe my body knew something that my brain...
The Birth Trauma Mama
