Background: Childbirth trauma is a subjective experience and can arise from bothphysical injuries or psychological impact during childbirth on women. A prevalence of 8.4% of negative childbirth experiences was found in women in Sweden (on a coverage>90%) between 2013 and 2018.Aim: The aim of this study was to describe women's experiences of childbirth trauma.Method: A descriptive literature study where the PubMed database was used to searchfor current articles and it resulted in 10 included articles.Main results: The women in this literature review reported what they experiencedcreated and exacerbating childbirth trauma. Women described factors that affected theircoping and recovery after childbirth trauma. Having been physically and psychologically affected by childbirth trauma, the women reported that a lack of carecould have a negative effect on recovery. The support the women received from relatives and from the healthcare contributed to the women's physical and psychologicalrecovery and how they coped with the new parenthood.Conclusion: The support and treatment women receive from healthcare can have an impact on their perceived childbirth trauma and the postpartum period. By increasingthe nurse's knowledge of childbirth trauma, it can contribute to reducing women'shealthcare suffering .