Trigger Warning: This episode discusses birth trauma. 
 
A few years ago Teela decided to pursue her Doctorate with a speciality in birth trauma due to her best friend's experience. Little did she know she would encounter her own birth trauma last year by way of midwifery violence and an excessive hemorrhage almost taking her life.
 
She’s made it her mission to create a safe space to explore birth trauma survivors' experience, challenging the expectations that we hold, advocating for change, supporting survivors in discovering their healing. And shedding light on an area that according to the research impacts 1 in 3 who have given birth. Teela shares advice on how to heal if you’ve experienced birth trauma, how to support others who have survived it, and support for the in between. 
 
 
Teela Shares:
Teela’s personal journey of becoming an advocate and safe place for women that have experienced birth trauma 
Tools to help yourself or anyone around you that has experienced birth trauma
Why there so much silence around birth trauma
What makes a birth experience “traumatic”
Ways to allow yourself to heal at your own pace
How to love yourself and your body again after trauma
How trauma can affect your body in many ways, including physical
Intrusive thoughts and anxiety in postpartum
The reality of birth partner trauma
How to advocate for yourself 
Can birth trauma be prevented?
 
Show Notes: 
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