Healing Birth Trauma with EFT

Regardless of the severity of the trauma, we can use the power of your imagination and the energy medicine of EFT to quickly clear distress from any traumatic experience, whether you have a clear memory or not. Free of the distress, you can move forward in your life with more energy and positivity.

What is Birth Trauma?

As the diagnoses of Post-partum Depression (PPD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) increase in the States, it appears that many birthing women may be experiencing trauma during or after birth. I define Birth Trauma as any distressing experience that happens once labor begins, until 3 months post partum. There is also pre-natal trauma which can occur for both mother and baby.

Types of Birth Trauma

After years of working with clients, even before I started working with pregnant women, I noticed how much distress my clients were carrying from their own births. Many mothers I have talked to are still carrying trauma from their first birth and don’t want to carry it into their future births.

Over time, I have identified 4 types of birth trauma:

Baby trauma — any unwanted intervention such as: induction, epidural, forceps/vacuum delivery, separation from mother, rough handling, bright lights, eye drops, blood drawing, C-section/anaesthesia, Dad not present, circumcision…

Mother trauma — difficult/painful pregnancy/labor, partner not present, being discounted/ignored by caregiver(s), baby taken away, hospital transfer, unwanted interventions, c-section, epidural/drug side-effects, episiotomy, difficulty breastfeeding, lack of support throughout pregnancy/birth/postpartum…

Witness/Attendant trauma — Feeling helpless/powerless, ignored, witness/accomplice to violence, own birth trauma triggered…

Cultural trauma — Sharing horror stories with pregnant women, TV portrayals of scary births, Uncaring caregivers (birth trauma victims become unwitting perpetrators), energy field of hospitals…

How do we deal with Birth Trauma?

• Often we are not even aware of it
• Ignore it
• Diminish it
• Blame it on someone else
• Blame ourselves
• Get depressed/PTSD/PPD
• Take medication/drugs

Why Heal Birth Trauma?

Birth Attendants — Hold a clear field for the Mom and Baby, be more present and available at births…

Moms — Remove inner inter-fear-ance to allow an easier birth, avoid passing on energetic patterns to baby…

Babies — Clear distress early to avoid creating future dis-ease….

Culture — Shift the paradigm from a fear-based culture to a love-based birth culture….