Did you have the opportunity to talk through and process your birth experience?
Sharing your birth story matters.
So often birth happens and then parents jump right into navigating the care of newborn. Loved ones are well-meaning and eagerly ask how the baby is doing but not much time is set aside to really allow parents to share their feelings and recollections of the labor and birth.
Your birth or postpartum doula can be a safe space to help you process and walk through all the emotions and memories of your birth.
Sometimes parents feels guilty for having a “good” birth experience and don’t want to brag or boast. Sometimes parents have a hard and traumatic birth experience and feel guilty for not just being “grateful” for their baby. A doula will listen and validate all of your feelings and help you navigate it all.
Your birth is your birth. Give yourself permission to feel and experience it all.