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Alberta woman shares traumatic birth story in an effort to help others

July 13, 2026

Giving birth is an intense process and not all parents have a positive experience. During Birth Trauma Awareness Week, an Alberta woman is sharing her story of what she went through when her daughter was born back in 2021. Dr. Teela Tomassetti is now using her own story of how she almost died to help others who are going through similar situations, and has opened the Reproductive and Perinatal Trauma Centre in Sherwood Park. Quinn Ohler has more.

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