This week 3-9th May is Maternal Mental health awareness week & this year the theme is the Journey to Recovery. I thought this would be a good opportunity to talk about Birth Trauma and to reflect on my recent attendance at the Make Birth better Birth Trauma summit.

There are loads of free resources for maternity professionals women and families on birth trauma, want to explore more?
https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/
http://www.unfoldyourwings.co.uk/
https://www.makebirthbetter.org/pdf-downloads-parents
https://www.makebirthbetter.org/free-downloads-professionals

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/postnatal-depression-and-perinatal-mental-health/ptsd-and-birth-trauma/

Video : Trauma and the nervous system, https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/copy-of-pv-podcasts-videos

You can find out more about me on Twitter @FWmaternity & @TheObsPod as well as Instagram @TheObsPod please check out #MatExp matexp.org.uk for ideas about how to improve maternity experience.

My beautiful artwork is thank to Anna Geyer www.newpossibilities.co.uk

You can find out more about me on Twitter @FWmaternity please check out #MatExp matexp.org.uk for ideas about how to improve maternity experience.