Trauma in the perinatal space might be a traumatic birth, but it is much broader than that. Perinatal trauma can occur during pregnancy, the birth or postnatal period.
Improving the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Expectant and New Parents
The perinatal period, from preconception through to 3 years after birth, is critical time where the mental health of a baby begins, and it is a unique time where women are highly motivated to seek help.
There is a complexity to women’s mental health. In the perinatal period, there are significant hormonal changes, physical body changes, identity changes, role changes, workplace and financial changes and often significant shifts and changes within our social and attachment relationships.