Motherhood in Stereo with Caroline Morgan
Jul 16, 2026 · 25 min · 12 segments
Birth trauma is more common than many people realise, yet so many women suffer in silence. In this episode of *Motherhood in Stereo*, I'm joined by **Dr Rebecca Moore**, Consultant Perinatal…
Rebecca MooreGuest
Caroline MorganHost
And, and what's really interesting is that we hear the term, uh, birth trauma a lot more often now.
And that's such a great question, 'cause I think, you know, trauma can seem like a really big word.
And people can often feel like, "Isn't that something that's associated with war?" Or like, "How can that relate to me giving birth?" Essentially, what it means for me is where you have a person going through, might be one event, a series of events.
It can be in pregnancy, during labor, or postnatally, where at that moment you feel that your nervous system is completely overwhelmed.
It might bring with it feelings of intense fear or terror or a risk that you are at harm or the baby is at harm.
And it can stem from feeling dismissed or unheard or ignored or even, you know, racist care.
But it's about being in that space where at, at that moment you feel completely terrified and fearful and frightened and overwhelmed.
So this, there are so many myths around birth trauma, or increasingly we probably use the term perinatal trauma, 'cause that kind of reflects the fact that trauma can be ...
So you can have a quick, unmedicated vaginal birth, which on paper looks perfect and easy, but to you felt really subjectively traumatic.
The, it doesn't mean that there has to have been any harm to the baby or risk of harm.
And, and what's really interesting is that we hear the term, uh, birth trauma a lot more often now.
And that's such a great question, 'cause I think, you know, trauma can seem like a really big word.
And people can often feel like, "Isn't that something that's associated with war?" Or like, "How can that relate to me giving birth?" Essentially, what it means for me is where you have a person going through, might be one event, a series of events.
It can be in pregnancy, during labor, or postnatally, where at that moment you feel that your nervous system is completely overwhelmed.
It might bring with it feelings of intense fear or terror or a risk that you are at harm or the baby is at harm.
And it can stem from feeling dismissed or unheard or ignored or even, you know, racist care.
But it's about being in that space where at, at that moment you feel completely terrified and fearful and frightened and overwhelmed.
So this, there are so many myths around birth trauma, or increasingly we probably use the term perinatal trauma, 'cause that kind of reflects the fact that trauma can be ...
So you can have a quick, unmedicated vaginal birth, which on paper looks perfect and easy, but to you felt really subjectively traumatic.
The, it doesn't mean that there has to have been any harm to the baby or risk of harm.
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