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Polarising birth Feb 29, 2024

Last week Guardian journalist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett wrote her opinion piece with the subheading: NHS midwifery is in crisis and unmedicated birth in vogue, but doing it at home without medical support is simply dangerous.’

She goes on to denigrate the usefulness of hypnobirthing as...

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The cult of physiological birth – Part 1 #cultofnaturalbirth #birthtrauma #traumaticbirth #midwivesunderpressure Feb 13, 2024

The ideology of normal birth has been implicated in the avoidable deaths of mothers & babies again.

It was upsetting to watch the Panorama documentary last week ‘Midwives Under Pressure’. My heart goes out to the parents whose babies tragically died at Gloucester birthing unit.

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Birth trauma shame birth trauma birth trauma recovery birth trauma shame Nov 02, 2023

Shame is often experienced by parents who had a traumatic birth.

Shame arises out of a perception that we are wrong, unlovable, bad or unacceptable in some way. 

Sadly, it’s all to obvious why modern, medicalized birth is so often shaming of parents.

Experiencing birth as a series of...

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Before you listening ... try this! free resources listening therapy Oct 05, 2023

A few weeks ago I asked a group of perinatal professionals what the core, component parts to good listening are, how do we ensure that people feel heard essentially?

We discussed the importance of reflective listening, compassion and attention.

We...

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4 Reasons the world needs more doulas right now. Sep 13, 2023

There has never been a greater need for more doulas than now. In fact market experts predict that the doula and birth coaching market will grow by 6.2% in the US next year and it will double in the next 10 years.

  1. Traditional, woman centred midwifery, that supports parents birth choices and...
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How to find new clients when you are new to business birth professional new business starting business Nov 11, 2022

This week I have spoken to two different TBR Practitioners who are both relatively new to business but wanted to know how to attract more clients and get their business off the ground and flying high. 

*DISCLAIMER* I am not a marketing guru. 

I am someone who in my first year of flying...

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5 Simple ways to support parents in the early days of grief and loss and some things to avoid…. #babyloss #blaw22 #griefjourney #pregnancyloss Oct 13, 2022

5 Simple ways to support parents in the early days of grief and loss and some things to avoid….

One of the most difficult things about grieving the death of a baby or pregnancy is the lack of validation and acknowledgement available from professionals, friends, family and society at...

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Baby Loss Awareness Week 2022 #babyloss #blaw #blaw22 #pregnancyloss Oct 09, 2022

Today is the first day of Baby Loss Awareness Week 2022.

This event has been running for 20 years now and has sought not just to bring awareness to the tragic issue of baby loss but also to increase awareness about the importance of acknowledging that traumatic event when it happens.

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How to support a healing birth after a traumatic one better birth birth trauma birth trauma recovery tbr 3 step rewind traumatic birth Sep 21, 2022

Being pregnant again after a traumatic birth is for many parents an anxious time.

It might also be the first time that they have experienced trauma symptoms, even though their birth may have been years ago.

Often parents recover well after a difficult or traumatic birth experience, busy...

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How to choose the right therapist, coach or practitioner…. choosing a therapist how to.. thebirthrepublic Sep 15, 2022

September is always a busy time of year to be a therapist.

Since launching my new website www.thebirthrepublic.com earlier in the Summer I have set the intention to only support clients who are on their perinatal journey, whether that be trying to conceive, birth injury or perinatal anxiety or...

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‘Mothers pitted against midwives’ birth trauma birth trauma recovery covid perinatal mental health tbr certificate in perinatal emotional health & wellbeing Aug 04, 2022

Last month a London Assembly health committee review of Covid maternity care in the capital heard that over 75% of the 110,000 women who gave birth in London in 2020 laboured alone, without their partner's support.

Mothers were frequently left to labour, birth and recover alone as staff shortages...

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The Biggest Taboo birth injury birth trauma birth trauma recovery perineal tears prolapse traumatic birth Jul 21, 2022

This week has been Birth Trauma Awareness week in the UK and the theme this year was birth injury.

I am grateful to BTA UK, Australasian BTA and Make Birth Better who have collaborated to publish the results of their survey which echoes what TBR College has heard from parents with birth injuries...

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