Birth trauma
Share your story and about this project
Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative (UWNQC) interviews patients and providers. We want to hear your experiences with birth trauma. Our goal is to address the gap between a traumatic birth and finding support.
If you are interested in sharing your experience, please send us an email at [email protected].
Contact us
About this project
The interviews began in October 2023 to better understand birth trauma. By June 2025, we conducted 39 patient interviews. These interviews helped inform the creation of this website.
Thank you
We thank all of those who have shared their stories.
Thanks also to Dr. Tracey Vogel, MD, AHN.
We appreciate UWNQC committee members who helped with this project. This includes:
Dr. Lauren A. Gimbel, MD, MSCI, and Angela Anderson, CNM, DNP, FACNM, for their guidance.
Resources for patients, partners,
family or friends
Resources for providers
Birth trauma home
Find a mental health provider
Find help for depression and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum (after birth), including specialists in birth trauma. The Utah Maternal Mental Health Referral Network is a directory of professionals and support groups with training in perinatal mental health (perinatal means during pregnancy and postpartum).
Find a support group
Finding others who have gone through similar events can help you find connection and validation for your experiences. There are various support groups lead by trained professionals, which are both online and in-person, local and national.
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services may occasionally link to outside sources of information. DHHS and the state of Utah do not necessarily endorse the provider of the content and are not responsible for any content published on the external site.
Disclaimer: The material on this website is provided for educational purposes only and is not to be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, you should always talk to a doctor or other health care professional. Do not disregard, avoid, or delay obtaining medical or health-related advice from a health care professional because of something you may have read on this site. The use of any information provided on this site is to be used solely at your own risk.