109 episodes
The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast Kayleigh Summers
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- Health & Fitness
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4.9 • 71 Ratings
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Birth trauma is the dark and sometimes scary side of pregnancy & postpartum that no one wants to talk about. But, we're here to change that! I'm Kayleigh, a licensed therapist and birth trauma survivor, determined to bring birth trauma out of the shadows and into the light. When we talk about birth trauma, we take away its power and leave space for healing. Your birth trauma does not need to “happen for a reason." Birth trauma sucks and it’s okay to admit that. Join us as we navigate what it means to heal from birth trauma. You’ll hear from experts in the field as well as others who have experienced birth trauma. Storytelling and education are keys to raising awareness and better understanding how we heal trauma. We don’t do toxic positivity in this space, but you’ll definitely hear some dark humor. You’ll laugh and you’ll cry, but, most importantly, you’ll learn that you’re not alone and that healing is possible. Birth trauma is bullish*it, but your healing is not.
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Making Birth Better
On this episode, Kayleigh is joined by Nikki Wilson of Make Birth Better, a UK organization that was created to end the suffering from birth trauma. Make Birth Better provides support, training, and campaigning related to both birth and vicarious trauma. We dive into a lot of advocacy and awareness in this discussion as well as hearing about Nikki's own personal experience of how she came to be in this space.On this episode, you will hear:- support, training, and advocacy for better birth exp...
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Vasa Previa, NICU, & Isolated Antepartum Stay feat. Sami
On this week's Listener Series, we are joined by Sami - an elementary school classmate of Kayleigh's. Kayleigh and Sami reconnected in 2020 because of birth trauma. Sami shares about her pregnancy and birth experience during the height of COVID and how it took an unexpected turn with a diagnosis of Vasa Previa required a hospital admission at week 30 until her baby way born. She shares about her unexpected diagnosis, the impact of COVID on antepartum admissions, particularly as an immunocompr...
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Parenting After Birth Trauma
On this episode, we dive into all things parenting after birth trauma. This is a topic that continues to come up in our space, especially as we see our kids getting older. This is a HUGE topic, but we hope this brief overview provides some insight and perspective.On this episode, you will hear:- Parenting after birth trauma- Impact of trauma on parenting- Bonding and attachment- Hypervigilance and anxiety in parenting- Awareness and treating trauma- Parenting imperfections and repair- Self-co...
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Two Traumas: NICU & TFMR feat. Erika
On this week's episode, we welcome Erika to share her story. Erika had a mostly uncomplicated first pregnancy, but her son was taken to the NICU shortly after delivery. After EMDR, raising her son and getting pregnant again, Erika's 2nd pregnancy resulted in a TFMR at 23 weeks due to fetal anomalies that were incompatible with life. Erika shares how both of her births were traumatic but had different outcomes and healing processes. On this episode, you will hear:- Traumatic birth e...
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Birth Trauma & TFMR Support
On this week's episode, we welcome Sabrina Fletcher - known as the TFMR Doula. Sabrina helps bereaved parents in the aftermath of a heartbreaking decision to terminate a very wanted pregnancy. We have very important conversations about what a TFMR, support, and awareness and the need for abortion policies to be protected.EDIT: The intro should say TFMR happens in *up to* 80,000-90,000 pregnancies each year in the U.S. not approximately. On this episode you will hear:- discovering the ne...
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Induction, NICU Stay, & HELLP feat. Stephanie
On this week's Listener Series, we welcome Stephanie to the podcast. Stephanie required an induction due to sudden hypertension at 40 weeks and 1 day. Her daughter required a NICU stay and Stephanie put her own health on the back burner until 6 days postpartum when her health took a turn for the worst and she experienced multiple organ failure due to HELLP syndrome.On this episode, you will hear:- Medically-indicated induction and pregnancy complications- Cholestasis - Subchorionic hemat...
Customer Reviews
Soft place to land
I discovered the Birth Trauma Mama Podcast after my own birth trauma 10 months ago. I appreciate how articulate and graceful these moms are when sharing their stories. I can connect in various ways to each story even when it’s significantly different from my own. For all of the icky that comes with birth trauma, this podcast feels like a soft place to land. Thank you, Kayleigh, for creating space and guiding this conversation to let us know we aren’t alone!
Thank you for this community!
Finding this podcast has given me such a sense of community, in what has otherwise felt like a very lonely journey. I am exactly 9mo pp, and experienced birth trauma with my daughter last July. I am in therapy, and was starting to feel much better, however I recently had a pretty bad relapse when a close friend gave birth. Seeing her experience go relatively smoothly brought up so much grief, and I realized this will most likely be a lifelong struggle. I particularly appreciate the listener stories, and thank you thank you to the brave women who share - it is so impactful. My daughter had the same complication as Lindsey, and was also a full term birth. The way she described the shock of having a healthy pregnancy and baby suddenly turn to a NICU experience made me feel so seen. I am so sad to think someone else out there went through the same thing as us, but it also hurts when your trauma feels invisible to others. Thank you for giving a platform to this seemingly unpopular topic, and hopefully it can help take the “othering” out of mothering ❤️
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Please do not compare miscarriage to abortion. Thanks.
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