Defining Birth Injuries and Incidence Birth injuries, medically termed birth trauma, refer to impairments of the infant’s body function or structure due to adverse events or mechanical forces occurring during the process of labor and delivery. It is crucial to differentiate birth injuries from congenital birth defects, as the former are acquired during the perinatal […]
Defining Birth Trauma in the Psychological Context Birth trauma, in the psychological sense, refers not merely to physical injuries sustained during childbirth, but rather to the subjective experience of the labor and delivery process as overwhelmingly stressful, life-threatening, or resulting in a profound loss of control, leading to significant emotional distress and, frequently, the development […]