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Line 37: ==Cause== Birth can be traumatic in different ways. Medical problems can result in interventions that can be frightening. The near death of a mother or baby, heavy bleeding, and emergency operations are examples of situations that can cause psychological trauma. [[Premature birth]] may be traumatic.<ref name=":6">Goutaudier, N, Lopez, A, Séjourné, N et al. (2011). Premature birth: subjective and psychological experiences in the first weeks following childbirth, a mixed-methods study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 29, 364-373.</ref> Emotional difficulties in coping with the pain of childbirth can also cause psychological trauma. Lack of support, or insufficient coping strategies to deal with the pain are examples of situations that can cause psychological trauma. However, even normal birth can be traumatic, and thus PTSD is diagnosed based on symptoms of the mother and not whether or not there were complications.<ref name="Beck">{{cite journal | vauthors = Beck CT | title = Birth trauma: in the eye of the beholder | journal = Nursing Research | volume = 53 | issue = 1 | pages = 28–35 | date = January–February 2004 | pmid = 14726774 | doi = 10.1097/00006199-200401000-00005 | s2cid = 35279461 }}</ref> Additionally, in the process of birth, medical professionals who are there to aid the birthing mother may need to examine and perform procedures in the genital regions.<ref The following are correlated with PTSD: | |||