Trigger Warning: This episode discusses birth trauma. 

A few years ago Teela decided to pursue her Doctorate with a specialty 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, and supporting survivors in discovering their healing. Teela shares advice on how to heal if you’re the one in three who have experienced birth trauma, and how to support others who have survived it.

Teela Shares:

Teela’s personal journey of becoming an advocate and a safe place for those who have experienced birth trauma 

Tools to help yourself or anyone around you that has experienced birth trauma

Why is 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: 

For more of Teela, please visit instagram.com/theteaonbirthtrauma  on Instagram and theteaonbirthtrauma.com  on the Web

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*Warning- this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.*