Why Rest Matters to your Mental Health
I work in perinatal mental health. I see a lot of women struggling with perinatal anxiety, depression and rage. I also work with women during… Read More »Why Rest Matters to your Mental Health
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Rejecting the scaremongering around the menopause and working towards a positive transition.
When I got pregnant, I was “warned” that birth would be painful, that I would probably need drugs to cope, that a woman’s body is inherently… Read More »Rejecting the scaremongering around the menopause and working towards a positive transition.
Separating mothers from partners in hospital causes trauma. We need to stop doing it. Here’s why.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this. I know that it causes trauma, because I’m seeing a lot of the distress that it has caused in the… Read More »Separating mothers from partners in hospital causes trauma. We need to stop doing it. Here’s why.
“At least you have a healthy baby” and other ways to silence women traumatised at birth
“At least you have a healthy baby” and other ways to silence women traumatised at birth trigger warning : details about obstetric violence Birth trauma… Read More »“At least you have a healthy baby” and other ways to silence women traumatised at birth
Meerkats and Perinatal Mental Health: What is the one thing I do when meeting some-one who is depressed or anxious?
It’s help them to calm their brain. Picture a meerkat, up on the tips of his feet, eyes and ears peeled for danger. Red Alert.… Read More »Meerkats and Perinatal Mental Health: What is the one thing I do when meeting some-one who is depressed or anxious?
Pass The Bomb: who is going to contain your anxiety when you are with your newborn baby?
New parents are anxious. And according to research, they are getting more and more anxious. I often hear cases of mums unable to sleep because… Read More »Pass The Bomb: who is going to contain your anxiety when you are with your newborn baby?
Fear of Birth, fear of the system.
I I’ve just spent a day with midwives at the Fear in Birth conference at Huddersfield. I love going on midwifery conferences, because the energy in the… Read More »Fear of Birth, fear of the system.
Why I left the NHS and why I don’t want to become a midwife
I haven’t been able to put my finger on it, ever. Until I read the chapter by Robin Youngson in “Roar behind the silence”. And… Read More »Why I left the NHS and why I don’t want to become a midwife
Compassionate care and marketing: things I love and hate
Arrgghhh! I’m having a bit of a crisis with telling others what I do. It’s called marketing and I absolutely hate marketing. I’m stuck on… Read More »Compassionate care and marketing: things I love and hate