"I Keep Reliving My Birth Experience – I Can’t Stop Thinking About It"

Does this sound familiar?
🔥 "I keep replaying my birth experience over and over in my head, especially the scary moments. "
🔥 "I feel like I should be grateful, but instead, I feel shaken, angry, anxious, and disconnected."
🔥 "Every time I close my eyes, I see the operating theatre, hear the doctors' voices, or feel the panic from that moment. "
If you're struggling with these feelings, you may be experiencing symptoms of birth trauma. Whether it was a medical emergency, feeling unheard, unexpected interventions, or just an overwhelming experience, trauma can linger and affect your mental, emotional, and physical well-being long after the birth.
Birth Trauma is More Common Than You Think...
Many women suffer in silence because they believe they should just “move on.” But birth trauma can lead to postpartum PTSD, severe anxiety, or even postnatal depression. You are not weak, broken, or ungrateful—you’ve been through a difficult experience, and your mind and body are seeking resolution.
Replaying the birth experience and flashbacks are common for many women. Remember trauma is subjective, no matter how 'easy' or 'normal' your birth was, this rite of passage can be traumatic in many ways. Everyone's trauma is unique and subjective and you have a right to own and heal yours. It's never 'silly' or shameful to seek support and as a therapist and mother with a 'normal' birth story that caused me trauma, I promise I will understand.

How Can Hypnotherapy Help Support Healing from Birth Trauma?
Hypnotherapy for birth trauma is a natural and holistic way to process and heal traumatic memories. Unlike traditional talk therapy, hypnosis helps you rewire the subconscious mind—the place where trauma is stored—so that you can finally feel at peace.
✨ Releases emotional distress without reliving the trauma in detail
✨ Reprograms intrusive thoughts so you can sleep and relax again
✨ Reduces the fight-or-flight response and calms anxiety
✨ Encourages self-compassion and helps rebuild confidence as a mother
At The Transformation Practice Hypnotherapy & Wellness, I offer both in person and online support for new mothers:
💕 Hypnotherapy & EMDR for birth trauma, anxiety and depression
💕 Closing the Bones postnatal massage & ceremony (for physical and emotional release)
💕 Postnatal doula support for nurturing care
💕 Online Mother's Support groups to share experience and feel valued, seen and heard by other women who have experienced the same feelings post birth
Mama, You don’t have to carry the effects of this trauma alone.
👉 Heal Your Birth Experience with Clinical Hypnotherapy
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