Birth Trauma Prevention and Healing

1 out of every 4 women experiences birth trauma and most birth professionals have little or no training on how to support parents or themselves

following a traumatic birth

“I feel like everyone needs one of Farrah’s sessions”. ~ Madison, Manchester NH

Birth Story Medicine ® is a guided process to bring awareness and healing to a difficult birth experience.

Some say a “healthy mom and baby is all that matters” but that may not be the whole truth. A difficult or traumatic birth does not always leave physical scars. Birth trauma can happen in any birth and for any person involved in birth. It can leave emotional and spiritual wounds and affect relationships, parenting, and health. Birth professionals may find that a previous traumatic experience affects their work, and parents may find that it causes excessive worry when preparing to birth again.

    • Frequent negative thoughts or feelings about a birth experience

    • Difficulty bonding with the baby or breakdown of relationship with partner

    • Blaming self or others for something that happened in the birth

    • Excessive worry or concern for upcoming birth

    • As a birth professional - avoiding or excessive worry about a certain kind of birth (VBAC or home birth transfer)

    • Feel at peace with your birth story

    • Forgive yourself or others for things that didn’t go the way you hoped in birth

    • Understand and make sense of your birth experience

    • Feel more prepared for an upcoming birth

    • Tell your birth story with intention and love

    • Believe something more true about yourself and birth

    • See your birth as a right of passage and the story of your birth as a meaningful journey in your life

You are not alone, you do not have to suffer, you can heal.

Birth Story Medicine® was developed by Pam England, a visionary, author, artist, childbirth and birth story mentor, storyteller, facilitator and former nurse-midwife. Pam spent decades working with families and professionals developing a unique and effective approach to overcome difficult and traumatic birth stories. I learned how to be a Birth Story Listener directly from Pam by taking multiple courses and workshops over the past 10 years. I am honored to be a Birth Story Listener under her guidance. To learn more check out Pam’s blog.