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From Caesarean to Confident: Supporting Yourself in Planning a VBAC
A caesarean birth can save lives, and still leave you feeling shaken, disempowered, or unsure about what comes next. Whether your caesarean was planned or an emergency, gentle or traumatic, straightforward or complicated, it may have left a lasting emotional imprint on your body and your confidence.
Karen Law
Jun 303 min read


When Birth Hurts: How Traumatic Birth Affects Parents Long After the Baby Arrives
IWe often hear that “a healthy baby is all that matters.” But for many parents, birth can leave deep emotional and physical wounds that don’t fade once they’re holding their baby in their arms.
Karen Law
Jun 233 min read


Flashbacks, Nightmares, and a Constant State of Alert: Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Response After Birth Trauma
Trauma isn’t always about what happened medically during the birth, It’s about how you felt during the experience. Many women describe feeling ignored, frightened, powerless, or unheard. Sometimes birth trauma is linked to emergency situations or intense physical pain, but sometimes it’s the quieter absence of emotional support that leaves the deepest mark.
Karen Law
Jun 93 min read


Why Wait to Heal? A Different Way Through Birth Trauma
Birth trauma isn’t stored in the logical, thinking part of the brain. It’s held in the nervous system. The body remembers what happened, often long after your mind wants to move on.
Karen Law
May 123 min read
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