Recovering from an unnatural birth
If I could have anything in the world, I would have liked to have received care and support when I was birthing my baby, a time that really
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
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...
An Unplanned Home Birth
I had my daughter last August 2017 and this time last year I would of been getting ready to bring her in to the world, but unfortunately...
Not too pushy to push
Two days ago I attended a debrief with my partner, this was recommended to me by my women’s health physiotherapist after I disclosed to...
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...
A Normal Reaction to an Abnormal Life Event
A snippet from my diary – March 7th 2017 - my second son Matty was one week old: “What do you do when you feel so elated you could scream...
