Perinatal · Narrative
Birth Story Processing Worksheet
The short version and the true version
Birth stories deserve to be told — the version that got the medical facts and the version that carried your experience. Processing the story is part of postpartum, not extra credit.
How I usually tell the short version out loud
What actually happened, in order
The moments I felt safe, held, or in charge
The moments I felt afraid, overridden, or alone
What I wish had happened differently
What I want to keep and what I want to set down