It’s Not Selfish of You to Feel Traumatized By the Birth of Your Baby.

Did you know that one in every twenty new mothers is diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress following childbirth? In her book Birth Crisis, anthropologist and birth activist Sheila Kitzinger argues that many cases of postpartum depression are attributed to “hormonal fluctuations” but that, in fact, a good many women are traumatized by the way they’re [...]