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Listeners Letters - PTSD After ChildbirthFriday 6 June 2003
Last week we heard how childbirth can cause post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD in some mothers.

New evidence suggests that particularly difficult births leave 2% of women with deep psychological scars that are quite different from post natal depression.
Many of you e-mailed in to tell us your experiences.
Read more of your views and experiences

Royal College of Midwives
BBCi Health: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
BBCi Parenting: Coping After the Birth
National Childbirth Trust


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