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After the Birth

Understanding & Healing Perinatal & Postnatal PTSD
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If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself or your baby, please reach out now. In the U.S., call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call the Postpartum Support International HelpLine: 1-800-944-4773 (text "Help" to 800-944-4773), available in English and Spanish. If there is immediate danger, call 911. This course is education, not a substitute for medical or mental-health care.
Trauma-Informed Course

After the Birth: Understanding and Healing Perinatal & Postnatal PTSD

Trauma during and after pregnancy is real, common, and treatable — and it is not "just part of motherhood."

This trauma-informed course equips mothers, partners, birth workers, ministry leaders, and clinicians to recognize, validate, and respond to trauma experienced during pregnancy, labor, delivery, NICU hospitalization, postpartum recovery, and early motherhood. It integrates current research on childbirth-related PTSD, attachment, nervous-system dysregulation, maternal mental health, bonding, breastfeeding, relational support, and recovery planning.

6 Modules 36 Lessons Embedded Video Peer-Reviewed Sources Scored Quizzes 8 Recovery Worksheets

Why this course exists

~10%
of women meet criteria for PTSD after childbirth (2024 meta-analysis)
5–20%
report clinically significant childbirth-related PTSD symptoms
~30%
experience obstetric complications that raise PTSD risk
73%
of birth-trauma survivors locate the trauma in labor & delivery

Perinatal PTSD is common enough to require education, under-screened enough to be missed, and impactful enough to affect maternal safety, bonding, breastfeeding, relationships, and infant well-being. This course emphasizes validation, screening, referral, trauma-informed care, and practical recovery.

Start with a baseline

Before the modules, take the short Pre-Course Knowledge Quiz to capture where you are now. At the end, the Post-Course Quiz uses the same questions so you can see what changed.

The six modules

Program Clarity

GraceRoot courses are psychoeducational learning programs, not emergency care, legal advice, or a replacement for therapy. Certificates document GraceRoot completion. Court, employer, board, or continuing education acceptance should be confirmed before purchase unless a page states a specific approval.

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