birth trauma

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A physical injury sustained by an infant during birth.
• noun The psychological shock said to be experienced by an infant during birth.

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• noun physical injury to an infant during the birth process
• noun emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness