The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast

By Kayleigh Summers

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Birth trauma is the dark and sometimes scary side of pregnancy & postpartum that no one wants to talk about. But, we're here to change that! I'm Kayleigh, a licensed therapist and birth trauma survivor, determined to bring birth trauma out of the shadows and into the light. When we talk about birth trauma, we take away its power and leave space for healing. Your birth trauma does not need to “happen for a reason." Birth trauma sucks and it’s okay to admit that. Join us as we navigate what it means to heal from birth trauma. You’ll hear from experts in the field as well as others who have experienced birth trauma. Storytelling and education are keys to raising awareness and better understanding how we heal trauma. We don’t do toxic positivity in this space, but you’ll definitely hear some dark humor. You’ll laugh and you’ll cry, but, most importantly, you’ll learn that you’re not alone and that healing is possible. Birth trauma is bullish*it, but your healing is not. 


Episode Date
Ep. 181: Perinatal PTSD and the Black Maternal Experience
Jul 14, 2025
Ep. 180: Sepsis, & an ICU/NICU Stay feat. Alyssa
Jul 11, 2025
Ep. 179: Six Years Out
Jul 08, 2025
Ep. 178: Pregnancy Trauma, Mono-Mono Twins, & a NICU Stay feat. Ashley
Jul 03, 2025
Ep. 177: Q&A: Birth Trauma Anniversaries
Jul 01, 2025
Ep. 176: Cholestasis, SVT, & a Healing Subsequent Birth feat. Sabryna
Jun 26, 2025
Ep. 175: A Silent Sisterhood: Surviving Birth Trauma & Finding Your Voice with Kobe Campbell
Jun 25, 2025
Ep. 174: Shoulder Dystocia, 3rd Degree Tear, & Feeling Dismissed feat. Lauren
Jun 19, 2025
Ep. 173: Still My Son: Advocacy, Loss & Prevention with Ana Lepe Vick
Jun 17, 2025
Ep. 172: A Partner's Perspective: AFE & an ICU Stay feat. Francine & Matt
Jun 13, 2025
Ep. 171: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Jun 10, 2025
Ep. 170: Preeclampsia, Hemorrhage, & a NICU Stay as Queer Parents feat. Alejandra
Jun 05, 2025
Ep. 169: Preparing For Medical Procedures After Trauma
Jun 03, 2025
Ep. 168: Postpartum Preeclampsia & A NICU Stay Miles Apart feat. Arianne
May 22, 2025
Ep. 167: Mom Rage Isn't A Meltdown, It's A Message
May 20, 2025
Ep. 166: 4th Degree Tear, Rectovaginal Fistula, & Ongoing Recovery feat. Scarlett
May 16, 2025
Ep. 165: Delayed Bonding After Birth Trauma
May 13, 2025
Ep. 164: Through The Eyes Of A Nurse: A Stillbirth That Changed Everything feat. Allison
May 08, 2025
Ep. 163: Not Ungrateful, Just Traumatized
May 06, 2025
Ep. 162: IVF, Preeclampsia & a Failed Spinal Block with a NICU Stay feat. Megan
May 01, 2025
Ep. 161: Pregnancy, Trauma, & The Body You're Left With
Apr 29, 2025
Ep. 160: Sexual Trauma, Dehumanization, & PTSD Recovery feat. Jocelyn
Apr 24, 2025
Ep. 159: Pregnancy After Sexual Assault & Navigating The Medical System feat. Mandy
Apr 17, 2025
Ep. 158: Sexual Trauma & Perinatal Trauma: Understanding the Impact
Apr 15, 2025
Ep. 157: HIE, Postpartum Hemorrhage, & NICU Loss feat. Priya
Apr 10, 2025
Ep. 158: C-Sections & Birth Trauma - Not One Size Fits All
Apr 07, 2025
Ep. 156: C-Section Recovery & Birth Trauma
Apr 01, 2025
Ep. 155: When an ICU Nurse has an AFE feat. Jenna
Mar 27, 2025
Ep. 154: Honoring AFE Awareness Day: Understanding Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Mar 25, 2025
Ep. 153: Low Platelets, Two Traumatic Births, & Giving Birth Alone feat. Courtney
Mar 20, 2025
Ep. 152: Finding the Right Therapist
Mar 18, 2025
Ep. 151: Anesthesia & Birth Trauma: Ineffective Pain Relief
Mar 11, 2025
Ep. 150: Inadequate Pain Management & Invalidating Debriefs feat. Joni
Mar 06, 2025
Ep. 149: Litigation After Birth Trauma: Understanding the Process
Mar 03, 2025
Ep. 148: Deployment, NICU stay, NEC, & 23 Years of Healing feat. Kris
Feb 28, 2025
Ep. 147: Mini Series: Navigating Medical Appointments After Birth Trauma
Feb 24, 2025
Ep. 146: Compounding Complications feat. Hannah
Feb 20, 2025
Ep. 145: Providers Are Human: Understanding & Supporting Provider Trauma
Feb 17, 2025
Ep. 144: NICU Loss, Subsequent Birth & the Deafening Silence of Grief feat. Nandi
Feb 13, 2025
Ep. 143: Sex & Intimacy After Birth Trauma
Feb 10, 2025
Ep. 142: Emergency Cerclage, Bedrest and a NICU Journey feat. Staci
Jan 30, 2025
Ep. 141: Adoption and Perinatal Trauma
Jan 27, 2025
Ep.140: HIE, a NICU Journey, & a Subsequent Birth feat. Sarah
Jan 23, 2025
Ep. 139: Let's Talk PPCM
Jan 20, 2025
Ep. 138: Empathy Doesn’t Require Experience: How Child-free Friends Can Offer Support
Jan 13, 2025
Ep. 137: AFE? HELLP?: An Uncertain Diagnosis with ICU & NICU Stay feat. Julia
Jan 09, 2025
Ep. 136: The Grief & Joy of an Only Child After Birth Trauma
Jan 07, 2025
Ep. 135: Revisiting Erica's Story
Dec 19, 2024
Ep. 134: When Therapists Cause Harm
Dec 16, 2024
Ep. 133: aHUS & Extended ICU Stay feat. Alex
Dec 12, 2024
Ep. 132: Birth Trauma & Chronic Pain
Dec 09, 2024
Ep. 131: A Birth Experience in Isolation feat. Brittney
Dec 05, 2024
Ep. 130: Hormones After Hysterectomy: What's the Deal?
Dec 02, 2024
Ep. 129: Navigating the Holidays After Birth Trauma
Nov 25, 2024
Ep. 128: Cord Prolapse & Subsequent VBAC feat. Libby
Nov 21, 2024
Ep. 127: Nuance in Birth Education
Nov 18, 2024
Ep. 126: Three Births, Three Traumas feat. Sarah
Nov 15, 2024
Ep. 125: Health Anxiety After NICU
Nov 11, 2024
Ep. 124: TFMR and Reproductive Rights feat. Kayla
Nov 04, 2024
Ep. 123: Evidence Based Birth
Oct 28, 2024
Ep. 122: Hemorrhage, Uterine Inversion, & an ICU Stay feat. Kate
Oct 24, 2024
Ep. 121: Mini Series - Medical Records and Debriefs
Oct 21, 2024
Ep. 120: IVF, Postpartum Readmissions, & PPCM feat. Lynn
Oct 17, 2024
Ep. 119: OCD & Perinatal Trauma
Oct 14, 2024
Ep. 118: C-Section Under GA and Two Redemptive Subsequent Births feat. Megan
Oct 10, 2024
Ep. 117: The Anxiety of Motherhood
Oct 07, 2024
Ep. 116: A Blissful Pregnancy Ending in a Chaotic Forceps Delivery
Oct 03, 2024
Ep. 115: Mini Series: Finding A New OBGYN After Birth Trauma
Sep 30, 2024
Ep. 114: Impella, ECMO, & The Tumor That Started It All feat. Jess
Sep 26, 2024
Ep. 113: One and Won: The Joy of An Only Child
Sep 24, 2024
Ep. 112: High-Risk Pregnancy, Induction, & Poor Quality of Care feat. Rachel
Sep 19, 2024
Ep. 111: Child Life: A Hospital Lifeline
Sep 16, 2024
Ep. 110: ICU Delirium: Sedation ≠ Sleep
Sep 09, 2024
Ep. 109: Making Birth Better
Jul 15, 2024
Ep. 108: Vasa Previa, NICU, & Isolated Antepartum Stay feat. Sami
Jul 11, 2024
Ep. 107: Parenting After Birth Trauma
Jul 08, 2024
Ep. 106: Two Traumas: NICU & TFMR feat. Erika
Jun 27, 2024
Ep. 105: Birth Trauma & TFMR Support
Jun 24, 2024
Ep. 104: Induction, NICU Stay, & HELLP feat. Stephanie
Jun 19, 2024
Ep. 103: Couples Therapy & Birth Trauma
Jun 17, 2024
Ep. 102: Q&A: Partner Trauma
Jun 12, 2024
Ep. 100: C-Section Under GA, DIC, & Possible AFE feat. Allie
Jun 06, 2024
Ep. 101: A Partner's Perspective: Steve's Story
Jun 06, 2024
Ep. 99: Culture Change (and Peanut Balls) in Perinatal Nursing
Jun 03, 2024
Ep. 98: Identical Triplets & Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage feat. Kate
May 21, 2024
Ep. 97: Patient Experience as a Safety Measure
May 20, 2024
Ep. 96: Guillain-Barré Syndrome feat. Brittany
May 14, 2024
Ep. 95: The Invisible Load of Motherhood
May 13, 2024
Ep. 94: Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Chronic Pain & Managing Guilt feat. Claire
May 07, 2024
Ep. 93: L&D Nursing: Preventing & Mitigating Birth Trauma
May 06, 2024
Ep. 92: TFMR and Reproductive Rights feat. Kayla
May 02, 2024
Ep. 91: The Unexpected with Emily Oster
Apr 28, 2024
Ep. 90: Forceps Delivery, 4th Degree Tear, & Pelvic Floor PT feat. Lakshmi
Apr 24, 2024
Ep. 89: The Trauma of Infertility
Apr 22, 2024
Ep. 88: The Impact of Postpartum Psychosis feat. Kiersten
Apr 18, 2024
Ep. 87: SOLACE Foundation: Hope After OASIS (Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury)
Apr 16, 2024
Ep. 86: Unexpected C-Section, Missed Moments, & Medical Neglect feat. Katie
Apr 10, 2024
Ep. 85: C-Sections and Birth Trauma: Not One Size Fits All
Apr 09, 2024
Ep. 84: CHD Diagnosis, Cath-Lab C-Section, & Infant Loss feat. Carlee
Apr 02, 2024
Ep. 83: AFE: A Provider's Perspective with Dr. Saberin
Mar 27, 2024
Ep. 82: Wildfire, a Nurses Strike, & a Traumatic Birth feat. Annie
Mar 21, 2024
Ep. 81: L&D Standard of Care and Evolving Practices
Mar 19, 2024
Ep. 80: Home Birth Turned C-Section feat. Andrea
Mar 12, 2024
Ep. 79: Friendship After Birth Trauma
Mar 11, 2024
Ep. 78: Supporting a Friend After Birth Trauma
Mar 04, 2024
Ep. 77: Endometriosis, Emergency Hysterectomy, & Tachycardia feat. Kayla
Feb 28, 2024
Ep. 76: Mental Health & Birth Trauma with Amanda E. White
Feb 26, 2024
Ep. 75: Uterine Artery Pseudo-Aneurysm & Emergency Hysterectomy feat. Alpha
Feb 22, 2024
Ep. 74: Postpartum Anxiety and Birth Trauma
Feb 19, 2024
Ep. 73: Twin Pregnancy & Severe Hemorrhage in the UK feat. Megan
Feb 14, 2024
Ep. 72: The Miscarriage Doula
Feb 12, 2024
Ep. 71: Back to Back Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, and C-Section feat. Alisa
Feb 08, 2024
Ep. 70: Birth Trauma & Its Subjectivity Part 2
Feb 05, 2024
Ep. 69: Type 1 Diabetes, Preeclampsia & Microvascular Angina feat. Valerie
Feb 01, 2024
Ep. 68: Birth Trauma & Its Subjectivity Part 1
Jan 29, 2024
Ep. 67: Uterine Atony, Severe Hemmohrage, and Dialysis feat. Hannah
Jan 25, 2024
Ep. 66: Jen Hamilton: Birth Trauma & The L&D Nurse
Jan 22, 2024
Ep. 65: A New Year: Reflecting on 2023
Jan 18, 2024
Ep. 64: Navigating The Holidays After Birth Trauma
Nov 29, 2023
Ep. 63: Compounding Complications feat. Hannah
Nov 27, 2023
Ep. 62: A Hope for Patient-Centered Collaborative Care with Dr. Nicole Rankins
Nov 16, 2023
Ep. 61: Splenic Artery Aneurysm Rupture feat. Nicolette
Nov 11, 2023
Ep. 60: Community Building in Motherhood
Nov 08, 2023
Ep. 59: Part 2: Accreta, Cesarean Hysterectomy & Postpartum Ileus feat. Tracy
Nov 06, 2023
Ep. 58: Hope For HIE
Oct 31, 2023
Ep. 57: Part 1: Stillbirth, Medical Trauma, & Secondary Infertility feat. Tracy
Oct 30, 2023
Ep. 56: Trying Softer After Perinatal Trauma with Aundi Kolber
Oct 24, 2023
Ep. 55: Miscarraige, Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Preeclampsia, & Obstetric Violence feat. Hannah
Oct 22, 2023
Ep. 54: Using Your Voice: Advocacy After Birth Trauma with Momma's Voices
Oct 17, 2023
Ep. 53: Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, Fetal Surgery, And Enduring the Loss of a Twin feat. Bailee
Oct 16, 2023
Ep. 52: Treating Perinatal Trauma: A Candid Conversation
Oct 11, 2023
Ep. 51: Placental Abruption, Neonatal Death, & High-Risk Pregnancy After Loss feat. Julia
Oct 08, 2023
Ep. 50: The Adalyn Rose Foundation: Hope & Support After Loss
Oct 03, 2023
Ep. 49: A View From Inside the NICU: A Nurse’s Perspective
Sep 27, 2023
Ep. 48: PPROM, Placental Abruption, NICU Stay, and Switching Providers feat. Ingrid
Sep 25, 2023
Ep. 47: Advocacy & Support After Infertility, Loss, HELLP & 2x NICU Stay
Sep 21, 2023
Ep. 46: Monochorionic Twins & Navigating the Loss of a Twin in the NICU feat. Mollie
Sep 18, 2023
Ep. 45: NICU - A Dual Perspective
Sep 14, 2023
Ep. 44: C-Section Under GA & NICU Stay Due to Severe Gestational Hypertension feat. Heather
Sep 11, 2023
Ep. 43: Community & Connection with Dear NICU Mama
Sep 07, 2023
Ep. 41: Birth Trauma Recovery: Four Years In
Aug 31, 2023
Ep. 42: Unexpected, Full Term NICU Stay Due To Meconium feat. Lindsey
Aug 31, 2023
Ep. 40: Birth Trauma: A Whole Body Event
Jul 27, 2023
Ep. 39: Birth Trauma Awareness Week: Healing After Birth Trauma
Jul 19, 2023
Ep. 38: Sex & Intimacy After Birth Trauma
Jun 29, 2023
Ep. 37: Nobody Told Me About That: Self-Advocacy & Maternal Near Miss
Jun 22, 2023
Ep. 36: Anesthesia and Birth Trauma: Ineffective Pain Relief
Jun 08, 2023
Ep. 35: Birth Trauma: An OB/GYN's Experience
Jun 01, 2023
Ep. 34: Birth Trauma: Navigating Invalidation & Self-blame
May 24, 2023
Ep. 33: Attachment & Birth Trauma
May 10, 2023
Ep. 32: Postpartum OCD: An Evidence-Based Understanding
May 03, 2023
Ep. 31: One and Done After Birth Trauma
Apr 27, 2023
Ep. 30: Surrogacy After Birth Trauma & Loss
Apr 20, 2023
Ep. 29: Burnout & Birth Trauma: Doubling Down On Overwhelm
Apr 13, 2023
Ep. 28: Disability Parenting After Birth Trauma
Apr 06, 2023
Ep. 27: Intuition & AFE: When You Just Know
Mar 29, 2023
Ep. 26: Amniotic Fluid Embolism: Working to Solve a Century Old Medical Mystery
Mar 22, 2023
Ep. 25: Healing Through Connection After AFE
Mar 17, 2023
Ep. 24: Trauma & The Critically-ill Pregnant Patient
Mar 08, 2023
Ep. 23: Finding Self-Compassion in Parenting After Trauma
Mar 02, 2023
Ep. 22: Navigating the impacts of PPA & PPD
Feb 22, 2023
Ep. 21: Bonding After Birth Trauma
Feb 17, 2023
Ep. 20: Rebecca's Story: Tokophobia & Postpartum OCD
Feb 09, 2023
Ep. 19: Pelvic Floor PT After Birth Trauma: How Can It Help?
Feb 02, 2023
Ep. 18: Shelby's Story: Hemorrhage & Hysterectomy
Jan 19, 2023
Ep. 17: Provider Trauma: The Impact On Birth Trauma
Jan 05, 2023
Ep. 16: Trauma Informed Care: A Preventative Measure
Dec 15, 2022
Ep. 15: EMDR & Birth Trauma with Dr. Pria Alpern
Nov 29, 2022
Ep. 14: Miscarriage: So Much More Than a Loss
Nov 21, 2022
Ep. 13: Listener Birth Story: Leigh & Jeremy
Oct 27, 2022
Ep. 12: Support After Birth Trauma: Birth Debriefs
Oct 19, 2022
Ep. 11: Birth Trauma & The NICU
Sep 28, 2022
Ep. 10: Q&A: Partner Trauma
Sep 26, 2022
Ep. 9: Birth Trauma: A Partner's Perspective
Sep 21, 2022
Ep. 8: Q&A: Trauma Triggers
Sep 13, 2022
Ep. 7: Q&A: Birth Trauma Anniversaries
Aug 29, 2022
Ep. 6: Data with Emily Oster: Why it Matters in Pregnancy & Parenthood
Aug 24, 2022
Ep. 5: Living After Your Baby Dies: Part 2 Birth Trauma & Loss
Aug 10, 2022
Ep. 4: When The Baby Doesn't Come Home: Birth Trauma & Loss
Jul 27, 2022
Ep. 3: Birth Trauma & Infant Feeding: It's Not All or Nothing
Jul 13, 2022
Ep. 2: Birth Trauma, The Brain, & How We Heal
Jun 30, 2022
Ep. 1: How We Got Here: A Podcast About Birth Trauma
Jun 23, 2022