birth trauma Archives - The Med School Wife

I share the story of my birth trauma openly and vulnerably to hopefully reduce the isolation and increase the support to other mamas.

FACING BIRTH TRAUMA HEAD ON

This past week (July 16-22nd) was Birth Trauma Awareness Week. This is actually fitting as of three years ago tomorrow, on July 24, 2020, I had an emergency C-section due to a cord prolapse, as such it has been on my mind a lot lately. But especially since, I’m expecting my third baby any day …

Mental health is not always beautiful, but it can have beautiful outcomes. Here are 4 concrete ways I've invested in my mental health.

4 WAYS TO INVEST IN YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

Life is not always beautiful, but the outcomes can be. (1) Similarly, I’ve found that postpartum depression and anxiety are not always beautiful. But the outcome can be. I think the key word there is CAN. October 10, 2020 was World Mental Health Day. It’s been a few months since World Mental Health Day, but …

1 OUT OF 1,000: CORD PROLAPSE BIRTH TRAUMA

1 out of 1000. I was 1 out of 1000. We were 1 out of 1000… When they give you the statistics that the chance of something going wrong is extremely low, there is always the one. The one that becomes the statistic. There is one person, one woman, one baby, one birth that becomes …