Reasons why women don’t get over Child Birth Trauma

Child Birth Trauma

There are quite a number of reasons as to why women do not get over the Child Birth Trauma. Here are some of the major ones;

1. Pain

Childbirth is incredibly painful and associated with high risk of maternal death. The myth that women are biologically programmed to forget the pain of childbirth is fostered by the language we use to describe euphoria and relief of delivering a healthy baby. It hasn’t really been forgotten, but the happiness and reward colour the memory of the preceding pain. At the extremes of pain, memories appear more constant and in fact some women develop post-traumatic stress symptoms after a negative birth experience.