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...
Out of Body
On the Monday I started getting contractions and by around 3pm these were 2/3 minutes apart so I went with my partner to the hospital to...
Healing After Birth Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Jan is a Chartered Psychologist. In 2014, she created a birth trauma service for women/men where they can access individual, couple, and...
Expectations of Birth
If you were planning to run the Marathon, you would start by applying for a place the usual way You might be lucky and get one straight...
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...
