Women's experience of post-traumatic growth following a traumatic birth: an interpretive phenomenological analysis.

Background: Approximately 3-5% of women experience post-traumatic stress disorder following birth; positive experiences that can follow traumatic birth are under-researched.

Aims And Objectives: To explore how women experience post-traumatic growth following a traumatic birth.

Methods: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to explore experiences of women who self-identified as having found positive benefits through coping with a traumatic birth.