Traumas of birth untold no longer as mums in pain speak

Mother Alicia Woodfield hopes other expecting women are better informed about birth procedures. (Alicia Woodfield/AAP PHOTOS)

Alicia Woodfield listened to soft music during the birth of her son, hoping her first child would be calmly welcomed into the world.

But in the months after Archie was born acoustic music came to haunt her, serving only as a reminder of his traumatic birth.