A lot of parents can feel overwhelmed by the birthing process, or even experience birth as traumatic. Expecting parents can experience overwhelming feelings, thoughts or sensations about the unknown process of birth. These experiences of stress, anxiousness or birth trauma could include:
- Loss of control/powerless
- Fear of medical system
- Previous history of anxiety, depression or PTSD
- Fear during pregnancy, birth or postpartum
- Loss of identity - who am I
- Breastfeeding grief
- Birth outcome grief
Birth trauma that is unresolved or unprocessed can continue to play over in your mind. This can lead you to feeling stressed, anxious or depressed, where you feel distant or removed from life. People have compared this to feeling as though you are in a bubble or behind a glass wall or window. These symptoms can happen any time in life, however they can be amplified while pregnant, in birth or after birth.
Parents who have already had children may experience unresolved feelings or questions about their previous birth experiences, which can impact how you might prepare for future births.
Are you feeling confused, overwhelmed, stressed by your past birthing experience?
Start your unique journey with Unique Beginnings
The Birth Story Listening process provides a safe space for you to share what you are experiencing and find insight to help you understand what is happening, with no judgement or shame. It involves focusing on your current situation or concern and gently supporting you to be aware of the thoughts, feelings and sensations that arise in the present moment. By slowing down what is arising within you, we can create space to bring awareness to the unresolved feelings and process them.
Birth not only impacts the woman/birthing person who is giving birth. It can also have an impact on those who provide support in the birth space. Although you are all present at the same birth, everyone holds a different story. If you're wanting to find out more call me.
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"It was your guidance that helped lead me to the answers I was searching for, and to now have this ultimate sense of closure. Thank you so much!"
Victoria
Mother of 2
"What had a big effect on me was the realisation, exactly how i was feeling post birth. I would recommend Birth Story Listening to anyone who's birth wasn't sitting right with them."
Emily
mother
"I was recommended Rebecca by my LMC and Baby & You Classes, post a traumatic birth experience for myself and my little one. Her birth story listening was just what I was after to debrief with someone not at the birth and just to listen and help me process feeling surrounding it.
I was so grateful for the nurturing advice and sense of calm Rebecca brought to the session. Nothing was deemed to be a "silly" feeling and everything was put into perspective. If you have been thinking about talking to someone around your birth I would recommend Unique Beginnings to put your mind at ease."
Christina
Mother
Birth Story Listening
Providing a safe and healing space to explore your birth story!
This process provides the space for you to gain a deeper understanding of your birth story and parenting journey with no judgement or shame. While a once off session is available, from experience healing require space for new understandings to grow and be supported.
• x6 sessions last from 60 minutes
• child free is ideal with no interruptions (where possible)
• space in Palmerston North or Kopane
Due to us all having different birth stories (even if you were at the same birth) I only see individuals for Birth Story Listening sessions.
Package Cost: $590
One off session is available for $130. Learn about how the Closing the Bones Ceremony will compliment your Birth Story Listening session.