Psychological Birth Trauma Study

If you volunteer to participate in this study, the researcher will ask you to do the following:

1️⃣ Write your birth story (from pregnancy to transitioning to life with your baby) and share it with the researchers via a Qualtrics survey link.

2️⃣ Participate in a virtual interview about your birth experience and how it has affected your life. The interview will take place via Zoom and will be recorded and automatically transcribed using Zoom software.

🔎If you are interested in hearing more, please contact me by DM or via email. 📨

The University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board has approved this research study. REB20-1671. Principal Investigator: Dr. Graham McCaffrey

What is Psychological Birth Trauma?

Although there are many definitions and "criteria" for a clinical diagnosis, there are also many unknown ways people may experience it.

In this study, we are interested in exploring the different ways women experience and understand traumatic births.

❓Did you feel your or your baby's life were at risk?

❓Did you fear you your baby could be physically harmed?

❓Did you feel your birth was a hard and uncomfortable experience?

❓During birth, did you feel panicked, worried, or helpless?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you may have experienced a psychologically traumatic birth.

In this study, we are exploring how women experience births as traumatic, without being prescriptive about what we define as "traumatic". We are hoping women will share what they have experienced as traumatic in order to broaden the current understanding of birth trauma.

We have currently paused our recruitment of study participants as we have potentially reached the maximum number. However, if you are interested in learning more about this study or the results, please contact me by DM or via email. 📨

The University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board has approved this research study. REB20-1671. Principal Investigator: Dr. Graham McCaffrey

Not all births happen as expected.

❓Did you feel your or your baby's life were at risk?

❓Did you fear you your baby could be physically harmed?

❓Did you feel your birth was a hard and uncomfortable experience?

❓During birth, did you feel panicked, worried, or helpless?

❓Would you describe your birth as a traumatic experience?

❓Was your baby born between 3-8 years ago?

If so, we would like to invite you participate in this research study.

We are currently recruiting for our research study exploring how women understand their experience of psychological birth trauma.

🔎If you are interested in hearing more, please contact me by DM or via email. 📨

The University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board has approved this research study. REB20-1671. Principal Investigator: Dr. Graham McCaffrey