The goal of this randomized controlled trial is determine if education on common events in labor in nulliparous women can reduce the postpartum traumatic symptoms. The main question it aims to answer are: * Does prenatal education on labor events reduce post-traumatic symptoms, as measured by thePost Traumatic Stress Disorder Cecklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders (PCL-5) at 6 weeks postpartum? * Does prenatal education on labor affect labor outcomes? Participants will be given surveys: * At enrollment on mental health and previous traumatic experiences * After education on expectations on childbirth * After delivery on experience of childbirth * At 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum on traumatic symptoms and mental health outcomes. They will also have the option to participate in collection of discarded cerebrospinal fluid, blood and serum and physiologic sensitivity testing.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders-5 (PCL-5)
Timeframe: 6-12 weeks postpartum