"Birth trauma lies in the eye of the beholder. Mothers perceived that their traumatic births often were viewed as routine by clinicians," the study concluded. Many people who develop PTSD after ...

In about 5 percent of affected individuals, this disorder is present at birth ... forms of trauma to the neck or upper spinal cord. Disruption of the sympathetic nerve supply to the eye due ...

Support for birth trauma is also one of five priorities in the UK’s 2024 ... Strategies could include trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy and eye-movement desensitisation and reprocessing ...

Dr Rao noted that while birth trauma has long existed ... caring about and considering birth preferences, being friendly, eye contact and avoiding words with negative connotations like ‘hurt ...

A new therapy service has been launched to tackle the growing need of people impacted by birth trauma. Birth Trauma North East CIC, offers therapies to support those who have deemed their birthing ...