Preventing, recognising, and responding to fear of childbirth and birth trauma

Mothers share and compare their birth stories on social media through Twitter, Facebook groups, and online forums.1 Previously, they did not have the opportunity to discuss their stories,2 and social media seems to be giving women a voice. Some mothers compare their obstetric experience with that of violence or abuse.3 They use the hashtag #metoointhebirthroom with connotations of validating each other’s experience of abuse, …