7: How to Navigate Postpartum After Birth Trauma

06/23/23 • 23 min

Motherhood Flow - VBAC tips, preparing for a vaginal birth after c-section, preventing cesareans

Did you prepare for postpartum or did you feel blindsided? Did your traumatic birth experience drastically affect the way your fourth trimester unfolded?

If you’ve been wondering what postpartum can possibly look like, especially after birth trauma, this episode is for you!

In this episode, I dive into the following:

My personal postpartum journey after birth trauma
How I navigated physical healing
Some clear signs of postpartum mood disorders that I ignored
...and so much more!

Text Hannah!

First 3 Steps to VBAC Guide: https://www.thehannahgill.com/firststeps
Quiz - Is Your Provider VBAC Supportive?: https://thehannahgill.com/quiz
Doula VBAC and Repeat Cesarean Guide: https://www.thehannahgill.com/newdoulatips

Did you prepare for postpartum or did you feel blindsided? Did your traumatic birth experience drastically affect the way your fourth trimester unfolded?

If you’ve been wondering what postpartum can possibly look like, especially after birth trauma, this episode is for you!

In this episode, I dive into the following:

My personal postpartum journey after birth trauma
How I navigated physical healing
Some clear signs of postpartum mood disorders that I ignored
...and so much more!

Text Hannah!

First 3 Steps to VBAC Guide: https://www.thehannahgill.com/firststeps
Quiz - Is Your Provider VBAC Supportive?: https://thehannahgill.com/quiz
Doula VBAC and Repeat Cesarean Guide: https://www.thehannahgill.com/newdoulatips

Previous Episode

6: Trusting Birth & Honoring the Innate Process While Respecting Potential Challenges

Have you ever heard people say to “trust birth” and that “your body was made to do this”? Did this rub you the wrong way? What about if someone said they didn’t trust birth, they respected it? Well, an OBGYN over on Instagram did say that, and it was the root of some heated discussion in the birth world. I’ve decided to do a podcast episode and blog on this very topic in response to her post.

If you’ve been wondering why the natural birth community seems so adamant that you can trust birth and why the traditional medical system is so adamant that you can’t, this episode is for you!

In this episode, we dive into the following:

The comparison of birth to the ocean (per the controversial Instagram post).
How trust in and respect for birth can coexist.
A reminder that at our essence, humans are still animals.
...and so much more!

Text Hannah!

First 3 Steps to VBAC Guide: https://www.thehannahgill.com/firststeps
Quiz - Is Your Provider VBAC Supportive?: https://thehannahgill.com/quiz
Doula VBAC and Repeat Cesarean Guide: https://www.thehannahgill.com/newdoulatips

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8: My birth was beautiful and uncomplicated, so why did my baby end up in the NICU?

Are you a NICU mama? Did you and your baby have to navigate an unexpected NICU stay after what seemed like a near-picture-perfect birth? Having now have experienced having a baby in the NICU, I can understand how stressful of a situation it can be.

If you’ve ever felt like your NICU stay was not as "severe" as others so maybe not as valid, please know that is not the case. Your experience matters just as much as the NICU mama next to you.

In this episode, I dive into the following:

The shock I felt having my daughter in the NICU after what was such a beautiful birth experience.
The confusion of trying to figure out the root cause of her issues.
Navigating a NICU stay while healing from birth.
...and so much more!

If you’ve been wondering, “Am I alone in this?”, I promise you’re not. Have a listen!
Preparing for a NICU stay could easily be part of our postpartum preparation process. Although it’s not something we plan to happen, it’s something we should be prepared for if it does happen. If you are wanting to be intentional with your postpartum planning and would like a resource to help you, I have a Postpartum Planning Workbook you could check out. It’s filled with worksheets, education, trackers, and guided prompts to help you prepare for postpartum ahead of time instead of when you’re in the thick of it.

Text Hannah!