UNFOLD YOUR WINGS

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Articles, reflections, and stories on birth trauma, perinatal PTSD, and the journey to healing.

Money disguised as Hope

Money disguised as Hope

31 January 2020

You know the ones I mean. You have seen them. The all singing websites and the glossy leaflets. You scroll down and see smiling, happy faces and the testimonies that pull at your heart. Then there are

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Please Listen – Service User Voices

Please Listen – Service User Voices

27 January 2020

‘May your story be a page in someone else’s survival guide’ The years have passed but the memories are etched on my mind. There are certain things you can’t erase, forever burnt into the recesses of y

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Neonatal Journey – From despair to home

Neonatal Journey – From despair to home

16 December 2019

The room was dark and my pillow was wet with silent tears. I could hear my husband breathing deeply as asleep beside me, but sleep had escaped me. I wished the hours away waiting for the light of day

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What Matters in Birth? – Staff Voices

What Matters in Birth? – Staff Voices

28 November 2019

This is the third of three blogs looking at what matters in Birth. The previous blog looked at what women voiced about what matters to them most when it comes to their birth experience. This blog is s

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Relationships and Perinatal Mental Health

Relationships and Perinatal Mental Health

25 November 2019

We all know that when it comes to our emotional well-being there are many factors that contribute to our feeling healthy. No more so is this true than when it comes to healthy relationships, as they c

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What is a positive birth?

What is a positive birth?

12 November 2019

‘The experience of birth will stay with a woman her whole life time‘ Ask any woman her birth story and she will recount it with ease, there is no experience that can compare to bringing a tiny baby in

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