High Risk Medical Pregnancy & Delivery
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High-Risk Pregnancy & Birth Trauma Support
A high-risk pregnancy means increased health risks for you, your baby, or both, often requiring more frequent prenatal visits or a specialized care team. About 50,000 people in the U.S. experience severe pregnancy complications each year. Women of color and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than White women.
Having a high-risk pregnancy doesn't mean your delivery will be complicated, but it can bring real emotional weight: fear, anxiety, isolation, and complex feelings about your and your baby's health. Nurture Therapy's clinicians are trained Perinatal Mental Health Therapists, supporting you from pregnancy through postpartum.
Depression, Anxiety & Birth Trauma
You’re Not Alone
Depression and anxiety during a high-risk pregnancy can look different than typical symptoms: guilt, disconnection from your baby, self-blame, or distrust of medical providers.
Birth trauma is also common, about 1 in 3 people leave a birthing experience with trauma. Trauma is defined by your experience, not by what others think should feel traumatic. A difficult labor, unplanned C-section, NICU stay, or feeling your life or your baby's was at risk can all leave lasting effects.
You can hold both at once: you can love your baby and be healing from a traumatic birth. Both are valid.
Meet Our Medically High Risk Team
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Yes. Therapy gives you a safe space to process what happened, at your own pace, with someone trained specifically in birth trauma and perinatal mental health.
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No. You don't need a full, cohesive story to start healing. We can begin with how you're feeling right now, and work toward the harder parts only when you're ready.
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Yes. Much of the distress after a high-risk pregnancy or traumatic birth comes from feeling out of control. Therapy helps you rebuild that sense of agency, both emotionally and in how you navigate medical care going forward.
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We'll help you identify specific triggers: a sound, a smell, an anniversary, and build coping tools so they feel less overwhelming when they come up.
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Yes. Partners often process trauma differently, which can create distance. Therapy supports communication so you can move through this together instead of apart.
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Many clients do. Healing isn't about forgetting what happened, it's about carrying it differently, so it doesn't define your day-to-day life or your sense of who you are.
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That's entirely your decision, and there's no timeline. If and when you're ready, therapy can help you approach a future pregnancy with more confidence and less fear.
When to Seek Professional Help
If fear, sadness, or intrusive memories are interfering with your daily life, work, or caring for yourself or your children, therapy can help.
Symptoms to Watch For
Re-living the trauma: flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive thoughts, physical sensations like shaking or nausea
Hypervigilance & avoidance: feeling on edge, trouble sleeping, numbness, avoiding reminders, distrust of medical providers
Difficult beliefs: self-blame, feeling unsafe, feeling like no one understands
FAQs: How Therapy Can Help
Reach out for availability and rates.
Nurture Therapy accepts a variety of commercial insurance plans, and each office may have different accepted insurance providers. Please include your insurance below. If your insurance plan is out-of-network, you may still be able to receive partial coverage for therapy sessions.
We are proud to offer prompt and convenient therapy appointments with no waitlist. Please reach out to schedule an initial session.