As a result of a traumatic birth, some women may develop symptoms of Acute Stress Disorder or Post‑Traumatic Stress Disorder, and there is a well‑documented link between traumatic birth experiences and postpartum depression and anxiety. Many women describe feeling detached, agitated, unable to bond, or caught in ruminating, intrusive thoughts about what happened. It’s common to grieve the birth they imagined and to worry about how their experience might affect their relations
