Birth trauma can cause neurological problems and can cause brain damage that is caused by an injury that occurs before, during or after the birth and delivery of the baby and can cause a child to suffer lifelong mental and or physical disabilities.
In severe cases the birth trauma can even cause and lead to cerebral palsy.
Birth trauma does affect your 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.