Over half of women who had traumatic childbirth say ordeal ‘put them off more kids’

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Over half of women whose experience of childbirth was traumatic say the ordeal has put them off having more children, according to a new study.

The report, by Mumsnet, discovered that 53 per cent of mothers who had a distressing birth say the trauma has deterred them from giving birth again.