The most wonderful time of the year
On paper, it sounds like the kind of birth story I would have dreamed of, but sadly the reality was somewhat different. The trauma of my bir
Accepting a traumatic birth the second time around
My birth was 50 minutes start to finish unexpected, fast and on my own in the bath at home.
I hadn't thought of H's birth as a traum
What about the midwives?
We hear so often “you can’t pour from an empty cup”. I am realising more and more, just how true this is but, as a midwife, I feel this is j
Can Social Media Heal The Wounded Mother?
Last month the big news in birth was the Telegraph’s headline about Mumsnet stories increasing fear and requests for a caesarean birth....
Expectations of Antenatal Education
As an antenatal Hypnobirthing teacher and postnatal trauma practitioner, one of the things I notice is that a lot rests on antenatal...
Antenatal Expectations
This is the 2nd in a 3 part series from Make Birth Better Network member Sakina Ballard. Here, Sakina talks about how antenatal...
Healing after a Traumatic Birth - My Journey
In 2011 I gave birth to my first child. The experience was long, exhausting, shocking and physically as well as emotionally destructive...
Training Midwives to support women's mental health
My name is Susie and I've been a specialist perinatal mental health midwife for the last year and a half, working in the South East of...
EMDR Therapy: Angie's Story
My son was nearly three years old by the time I decided to get therapy for his traumatic birth. It took me a long time to recognise the...
We Need to Talk about Incontinence
We need to talk about incontinence. Not just wetting yourself, but when you have to rush to the toilet because you’re worried that might...
