Birth Trauma

I was reading a post on the Natural Parenting Australia facebook page last night about what they're now terming "birth rape". It's absolutely disgusting the amount of abuse that is perpetrated against a woman in labour and some of the stories posted after this article were horrifying.

I wouldn't classify my own experience as extreme like some of the stories where these women were having procedures done without their knowledge or permission (such as their membranes stripped, waters broken, cervix stretched, episiotomies etc. etc.) but I definitely came out with what I am starting to feel is birth trauma.

( Cut for possible triggers - discussion around birth procedures )