Birth Trauma

When Birth Breaks You – My Healing Journey Through Birth Trauma

By Janean Doherty Trigger Warning: Birth Trauma Beautiful. Sacred. Natural. Transcendent. Golden Hour. Perfect. These are all words that...

Occupational Therapy and Perinatal Mental Health

By Mauly Her Lo Trigger warning: brief mention of stillbirth I found out I was pregnant exactly one month after I graduated with my...

I Didn’t Know

By Megan Wahl, MDT | December 16, 2019 Trigger Warning: Birth trauma, Postpartum OCD Megan and her baby boy When I had my first baby, I...

A Story of Hope: Talia’s Story – Love Takes Time

Trigger warning: birth trauma I watched my son as he fell asleep in my arms today. In a simple way, it was magical. The way he gazed at...

I Didn’t Ask to be a NICU Mom

I didn’t ask to be a NICU mom. No one hopes that the first time they see their baby that he or she is tangled in a web of medical tape...

Somewhere Along the Way

Somewhere along the way, mothers are often forgotten. After giving ourselves entirely to the process of growing and birthing a human,...

Happy Birthday, Leo

*Trigger Warning: preterm labor, birth trauma Today marks one year. One year since I laid on the floor in a pool of blood wondering if my...