Why might you need a postpartum doula?

* Who can benefit from having a trauma coach? *

• Anyone! Trauma responses manifest in various ways. Oftentimes we don’t realize what we’re experiencing is trauma response. If you are noticing, ever since a certain incident, no matter how “big” or “small”, that you are reacting to life differently, you may benefit from a trauma coach. This may include experiencing anxiety or panic, obsessive compulsive tendencies, flashbacks, nightmares. This may also include emotional responses like crying or anger when recalling, or in similar environments as, the original incident.

• Anyone who has had a baby! Going through such a huge event as giving birth, no matter the method, can result in trauma. Even when everything goes to plan, birth is inherently traumatic on the mind and body.

• The birthing support person. Watching your partner or loved one go through something so significant can be life-changing, even if your partner or loved one seems fine. Your experience is valid too, and deserves the same care that any trauma does.

• People with altered birth plans. Trauma can be a result when even one thing does not go as you had hoped. When significant changes happen during birth that you were not anticipating, it can cause birth trauma.