How Birth Trauma Changed My Life

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Parenting

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

"Make Your Mess Your Message." Birth trauma is an experience no woman expects. It leads to overwhelming grief at a time when mothers are experiencing overwhelming joy. Six months later, I want to share more about my birth trauma. How I felt, what I learned, and how I will be forever changed as a Pediatrician, mom, and person. Our son was born on December 16th after a healthy pregnancy. We both spent time in the ICU with complications from birth. If you haven't already, please head over to my Instagram @pedsdoctalk and read my birth story (Black and White Images) on my feed. I am making MY MESS MY MESSAGE by sharing with you what I wish people would know about birth trauma survivors. I hope to use my recovery through a traumatic experience to help you heal if you are also suffering from any kind of trauma. My hope is that if you have experienced trauma, this episode will resonate with you. If you know someone who is going through trauma, this may give you insight as well. And if you ever find yourself grieving in the future, I hope my words will always live with you. Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠⁠⁠⁠ page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to episode 15, how birth trauma changed my life.
0:05.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Pete's Doc Talk Podcast. I'm your host Dr Mona where each
0:16.3	week I hope to educate and inspire you in your journey through parenthood with
0:20.2	information on your most common concerns as a parent and interviews with fellow parents and experts in the field.
0:25.8	My hope is you leave each week feeling more educated, confident, and empowered in the decisions you make for your child.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to this episode where I'm doing an episode that is unlike any other
0:46.7	that you've heard so far. I am not talking about parenting, I'm not talking to
0:51.8	experts, I'm not giving you guys education. I'm talking about me, my
0:56.9	birth trauma, and how it has changed my life. And I don't share a lot of personal information on social media.
1:05.0	Obviously you guys see my son, you guys see what we're doing, but I don't share a lot of personal
1:10.4	posts and it's not because I don't want to share it's because I started
1:14.0	Pete's dock talk on Instagram to be more of an educational platform so I never was
1:19.9	able to kind of get into that that realm of having to do more personal content. I love love
1:26.6	sharing those personal moments with you guys and this episode is really
1:30.6	talking about how the Bert's story that I shared on social media is really
1:35.0	impacted me.
1:37.0	if you have not already, I really encourage you to pause this episode
1:41.0	and go read my Bert's story on my Instagram at
1:44.2	Pete's dock talk where I talk about the entire experience what happened. I don't
1:50.6	talk a lot about the nitty gritty and how I felt through it all,
1:54.4	although you guys can feel that through the emotions.
1:57.0	But I really encourage you to go take a look at that,
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