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This Week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week – Preeclampsia Foundation

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Jul 13, 2026, 15:13

This Week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week – Preeclampsia Foundation

Preeclampsia Foundation shared a post on LinkedIn:

“This week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week.

Nearly 52% of preeclampsia, eclampsia, or HELLP syndrome survivors felt major emotional distress following their experience, according to a Preeclampsia Registry study published in 2022. A traumatic birth experience is defined by circumstances in which the individual patient believes her life or that of her baby was in danger, or that a serious threat to the mother’s or her baby’s physical or emotional integrity existed.

Stress caused by a traumatic pregnancy and delivery can often override the ability to emotionally cope, leading to psychiatric complications such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), postpartum depression (PPD), and postpartum anxiety (PPA). Suffering a serious illness, combined with an unexpected caesarean section, birth of a premature child, or infant loss, is a heavy burden to bear both physically and psychologically.

You are not alone if you feel your experience was traumatic. Many survivors find support in our Facebook group.

Read more about the Preeclampsia Registry study here.”

This Week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week – Preeclampsia Foundation