Heal Your Birth Story: ...releasing the unexpected by Maureen Campion

Heal Your Birth Story: ...releasing the unexpected Reviews

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  Ashia Pollen

  Good book, some of the stories were hard to read but it was definitely helpful for me. Particularly relating to yourself like a good friend when revisiting your birth was helpful. Wish there had been more exercises to do. Editing was a little poorly done but that's just being picky :) I may purchase it for someone else but would want to compare it to another on the same topic.
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  Kinsey Phifer

  This is a great book for anyone who has experienced birth trauma. The author offers many helpful suggestions on coping techniques and ways to heal. I had mixed feelings on the stories at the end. Some of them I found validating while others went on to talk about their healing/ redeeming birth experience after trauma. As someone who had just come off a traumatic experience, I didn't find the "redeeming" story helpful personally. I do love the main message that mother's physical and emotional well being matters.
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  Kirsten Clark

  I'm so glad this book exists. Birth trauma is a real thing but there isn't a lot written about it and it's a subject that many people aren't aware of. I got a lot out of this book, both as a birth trauma survivor as well as a doula.
  
  I liked that each chapter had practical suggestions at the end to guide women and their partners through processing through their personal trauma.
  
  I will say that since this book was, I think, self-published, there were some misspellings and grammar issues in a few places, plus some spots that just could have used more editing (I.e. I would not have chosen to end the section of birth stories with a horrendous birth story that had no sense of closure or healing, just raw trauma) but overall it was a great read and super helpful. I'll be recommending it to other moms I know who had difficult births.
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  Melanie Sorensen

  Was your birth or recovery less than perfect? Read this book.
  
  Moms and partners with any less than perfect situations getting pregnant, delivering or recovering from birth, including child loss will benefit from reading this book. Make the time, read it while pumping. Validate your experience and learn exercises to help explore and resolve your individual childbirth-related issues.
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  Crystal

  I think this book would be very helpful for anyone who believes they have experienced a birth trauma. it is also written with helpful info for partners, which I love.
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  Gabi Pezo

  amazing!