Why Birth Trauma Matters bookcover

Why Birth Trauma Matters

Emma Svanberg

When we think about trauma and PTSD we tend to think about war and conflict. But around a third of women feel some part of their birth was traumatic. This experience can impact on their mental and physical health, their relationships and future plans.

In Why Birth Trauma Matters, Dr Emma Svanberg, clinical psychologist and co-founder of Make Birth Better, explores what happens to those who go through a bad birth. She explains in detail how birth trauma occurs, examines the wide-ranging impact on all of those involved in birth, and looks at treatments and techniques to aid recovery. By drawing on her own research and the work of experts in the field, and sharing the first-hand experiences of women, she shows how it is possible to begin to move on.

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Pan fyddwn yn meddwl am drawma a PTSD rydym yn tueddu i feddwl am ryfel a gwrthdaro. Ond mae tua un o bob tair menyw yn teimlo bod rhyw ran o’u genedigaeth yn drawmatig. Gall y profiad hwn effeithio ar eu hiechyd meddwl a chorfforol, eu perthnasoedd a’u cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol.

Yn Pam mae Trawma Genedigaeth yn Bwysig, mae Dr Emma Svanberg, seicolegydd clinigol a chyd-sylfaenydd Make Birth Better, yn archwilio’r hyn sy’n digwydd i’r rhai sy’n mynd trwy enedigaeth wael. Mae’n esbonio’n fanwl sut mae trawma geni yn digwydd, yn archwilio’r effaith eang ar bawb sy’n ymwneud â genedigaeth, ac yn edrych ar driniaethau a thechnegau i gynorthwyo adferiad. Trwy dynnu ar ei hymchwil ei hun a gwaith arbenigwyr yn y maes, a rhannu profiadau uniongyrchol menywod, mae’n dangos sut mae’n bosibl dechrau symud ymlaen.

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