Birth Trauma and How to Overcome a Difficult Birthing Experience – Podcast Ep 76
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Birth Trauma and How to Overcome a Difficult Birthing Experience – Podcast Ep 76

We're chatting with psychologist Teela Tomassetti about birth trauma and how to overcome a difficult birthing experience. Here's what to know.

Published January 4, 2022

by Nina Spears

The Baby Chick® | Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Baby Planner
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Birth trauma. It’s a real thing, and everyone’s trauma is valid. Research shows that up to 45% of women report their birth as traumatic.1 And that is heartbreaking. Not enough people have heard about birth trauma, so today, we are so grateful to chat with Teela Tomassetti, a psychologist from Alberta, Canada, and the name and face behind the Instagram account @theteaonbirthtrauma.

Teela has spent the last 15 years specializing in various forms of trauma therapy, such as domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, tragic losses, and sexual assault. A few years ago, Teela pursued her Doctorate specializing in birth trauma. Since then, Teela has made it her mission to create a safe space for exploring the experiences of birth trauma survivors, support them in discovering their healing, and shed light on this topic.

Today’s episode is about birth trauma and how to overcome a difficult birthing experience. I am honored to chat with Teela about this. She shares some incredible insight, research, and her own traumatic childbirth experience. You will leave this episode much more knowledgeable, compassionate, and empathic toward all birthing mothers.

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Nina Spears is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She began her career supporting families in 2011 after earning her baby planning certification and attending her first births that same year. Since then, she has earned her birth and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her perinatal nutrition expert certification through The Professional Perinatal Nutrition Program, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among others.

Early in her career, one of Nina’s birth doula clients affectionately referred to her as “the baby chick — the ‘chick’ who works with moms and babies.” The nickname stuck and later inspired the creation of Baby Chick, which has grown…

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