Tickets on sale for Birth Trauma Awareness dinner to be held Sept. 28 at Maverick’s Landing Zone

QUINCY — Tickets are available for the second annual Birth Trauma Awareness dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Maverick’s Landing Zone, 500 S. Eighth.

Proceeds will be donated to the Blessing Foundation to assist mothers who give birth at Blessing Hospital’s Blessed Beginnings birth center and experience birth trauma to receive the therapies they may need on their recovery journey.

Birth trauma is any physical or emotional distress a woman may experience during or after childbirth. Up to 45 percent of new mothers experience birth trauma and the effects can continue long after the birth itself. As with other forms of trauma, unresolved birth trauma can result in low self-esteem, relationship issues, stress and anxiety, panic attacks and other behavioral issues including substance use disorder.

The cost to support the second annual Birth Trauma Awareness dinner is $55 per person or $400 for a table of eight. Dinner will be catered by Boki’s Kitchen and feature chicken, vegetables, a potato and a salad. A cash bar will be available. Tickets can be bought at https://qr.net/birthtraumadinner.

For more information, call or text event organizer Kala Breder at 217-257-4224.

Breder experienced birth trauma with the arrival of her third child in July 2020 by emergency cesarean section. The birth led to a series of medical complications, including the need for more than 30 units of blood and multiple surgeries. Breder required extensive physical therapy and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder during a three-year period as a result of her birth trauma.