Birth Trauma & Fear: The Birthing Awareness 3-Step Process

Gently release trauma, fear, and overwhelm—so you can begin to feel like yourself again.

Birth trauma can show up in many different ways—sometimes days or weeks after birth, sometimes even during pregnancy. You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or still processing an experience that left you shaken, scared, or silenced.

Whether it was something that happened during pregnancy, labour, birth, or after your baby arrived. This can look like many things for different people, but here are some of the common things we hear from mums and dads suffering with birth trauma.

Common signs of birth trauma include:

• “I felt out of control.”

• “I was scared for my life or my baby’s.”

• “I wasn’t listened to or believed.”

• “I’m still in shock, sad, or struggling to relax.”

• “I keep replaying things in my head.”

• “I feel numb, anxious, or disconnected.”

• “I can’t sleep. I overthink everything. I feel like I’m on edge all the time.”

• “I over-worry about every little thing and am hyper-vigilant.”

• “I am experiencing flash backs and/or have intrusive thoughts”

And if you’re currently pregnant and dreading birth, filled with fear or panic, that’s valid too. These sessions can help you feel calmer, clearer, and better prepared for the journey ahead.

In all these cases, the Birth Awareness 3 Step Process can really help; just as it has helped hundreds and hundreds of others before you.

100% of people say it is beneficial and 30% say transformative.

How the 3-Step Process Works

This is a trauma-informed, non-clinical process designed to gently support the mind and nervous system in reprocessing difficult memories or emotions related to birth, pregnancy, or postpartum. It’s not therapy and you don’t have to “talk it all through” if you don’t want to.

Sessions can be done in person or via Zoom, and follow this simple structure:

Session 1: Soften the Edges (Approx. 60 mins)

A gentle beginning. You’re invited to share your story if you feel ready but you don’t have to. I’ll guide you through a calming relaxation to help settle your nervous system, often still in ‘high alert’ mode from trauma. You’ll receive a recording to use between sessions and in future.

Session 2: Reframe & Recode (Approx. 60 mins)

This is where the healing deepens. Through a guided relaxation, I help the mind safely reprocess the experience—keeping your insight and wisdom, while softening the emotional charge. This method is rooted in techniques originally developed for PTSD recovery. You remain fully in control throughout.

Session 3: Imagine a Lighter Future (Approx. 45 mins)

We will focus on how you want to feel going forward—lighter, calmer, more you. This session helps integrate the process and guide your mind into a place of greater peace and clarity. You’ll receive a recording to support your ongoing healing.

Who Is This For?

• Mums or dads struggling after a difficult birth

• Parents experiencing symptoms of trauma, anxiety, or emotional numbness

• Pregnant people feeling fearful, overwhelmed, or panicked about birth

• Anyone wanting to feel more at ease, more grounded, and more in choice moving forward

• Anyone who has a fear or trauma from any life event.

It is important to note that this is not therapy and we are not therapists. We are simply taking you through a very clever meditation to help your mind process and re-file the experiences that you have had. This can give you more space and help you feel much better moving forward. Together we can clear these dominating patterns and feelings and focus on the kind of future we would rather have happen.