Birth trauma can begin long before labour happens, writes midwife Kate Mortimer.For some neurodivergent women, birth trauma is not just about one terrifying moment in a delivery room.
It can begin during pregnancy, build through months of feeling unseen or unsupported, and follow women into the earliest days of motherhood.
As a midwife, I have supported many of these women through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, and have seen first-hand how much additional pressure these experiences can place on those whose brains p...
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