If you had a traumatic birth and it's affecting you then you should seek therapy and avoid judging yourself and seek practical and emotional support.
Also acknowledge any feelings you may have had toward your baby.
Birth Trauma Therapy is also available to help you after a traumatic birth.
Birth trauma therapy is a form of psychological treatment designed to reduce symptoms of birth trauma and help patients cope with a traumatic birthing experience.
You can claim compensation for traumatic birth if the traumatic birth was a result of medical negligence.
If it was not caused by medical negligence then it's unlikely that you would be compensated for the traumatic birth.
Traumatic birth affects the mother by increasing the mothers risk of developing PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder and can also lead to challenges with attachment between the mother and infant.
Birth trauma is any physical or emotional distress you may experience during or after childbirth.
During the birth, you may feel afraid, helpless or unsupported by those around you.
After the birth, you may be left feeling guilty or numb due to events beyond your control.
You could even suffer from panic attacks.
Birth trauma can also affect the mothers personality and even children that have had difficult births are also more likely to be aggressive, angry and aggressive.
Mothers that have bad birth trauma may also sometimes become aggressive, anxious and angry at least part of the time until they recover.
What is considered a traumatic birth experience is any emotional distress or physical distress that the mother experiences after childbirth or during childbirth is considered a traumatic birth experience.
During the birthing process the mother may feel afraid, helpless or unsupported by people around them and after the birth the mother may be left feeling numb or guilty for events beyond their control.
Birth trauma' is a wound or damage experienced during or after childbirth.
While trauma can be physical, it may also be emotional or psychological.
The emotional impact of birth trauma is often due to a difference between your expectation of labor and birth and what actually happened.
Birth trauma happens when the mother goes through a frightening, stressful or distressing event which is related to giving birth.
The birth trauma can develop into postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is a type of anxiety disorder.
Once a delivery lasts longer than 18 hours, it is considered a difficult birth, and the baby's body is probably under a lot of stress.
Some of the birth trauma causes related to delivery include.
Size of the Baby: When babies weight over eight pounds, 13 ounces, they are generally more difficult to deliver.
Examples of a traumatic birth include.
A difficult labor with a long and painful delivery.
An unplanned caesarean section.
Emergency treatment for you or your baby.
Other shocking, unexpected and traumatic experiences during birth.