In life, we humans often partake in this battle of uncertainty and control.

Life is inherently uncertain.
It makes sense then that reproduction would also be uncertain.

If you are on a difficult journey to conceive, you might know well the grip of uncertainty and the devastation and grief that can come with not being in control that this journey so often includes.

While fertility treatments and assisted reproductive methods can offer hopeful outcomes. Sometimes we can find ourselves falling into a belief system of:

'“if I just do everything right, I can make my body have a baby.”

Have you found yourself feeling worried about the idea of a “traumatic birth?” Have you had a birthing experience and feel like you’ve been struggling after but not sure if your birth counts as “traumatic?”

9% of birthing people experience postpartum PTSD following childbirth. A 2004 study found that most people who developed PTSD following their birthing experience had births that were considered routine by their medical providers. This is important because it validates why so many people doubt whether or not their birthing experience even “counts” as traumatic, and it also tells us that childbirth trauma is not caused by a specific intervention, procedure, or experience.

Symptoms of postpartum PTSD can look like: intrusive thoughts, memories, or dreams about the birthing experience, avoidance of reminders of the birthing experience, persistent arousal (anxiety, irritability, restlessness), feeling detached from others or self.

Are you interested in EMDR therapy in denver or Colorado? Intrigued by what you’ve heard about EMDR but also a little apprehensive? Maybe you’ve heard whispers about lights, buzzers, beeps or dream states and brain stimulation being involved, and you’re left wondering, ok what the heck is this EMDR and how does it work?!

Learn all about EMDR, how EMDR works, what to expect in EMDR therapy, and how to get connected to an EMDR therapist here.