My two sisters and I all had our first-born children within 8 months of each other. During that time period we were also on rotation, taking turns sleeping at our parents’ house to help our dad care for my mother through her cancer treatment until she passed away one and a half months before the delivery of my baby. Watching the 3 of us have our own unique experiences with pregnancy, grief, delivery, and postpartum adjustments inspired me to pursue training in how I could use my experience with EMDR to help women who may want to process a pregnancy, birth story, or afterbirth adjustment. Prior to this, my career focused on helping clients process trauma and chronic pain with EMDR. There were many clients who had trauma in their backgrounds that resurfaced when they had their own children. Sometimes physically seeing the age you were during different events in your life sets your mind up for a more vivid image and memory to surface from the past. EMDR can also be helpful for women wanting to process their own past trauma in order to release past experiences, pain, and hurt. This can clear a way for more focus in the present and greater connection in the future with your baby, partner, friends, family, and most importantly yourself.