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1 year

'Chief Executive Tony Chambers told consultants at the meeting in January 2017: “I'm drawing a line under this, you will draw a line under this, and if you cross that line, there will be consequences for you.”' This is how the NHS treats whistleblowers.

'Babies could've been saved': Doctor who helped catch Lucy Letby blames hospital | ITV News

In an exclusive interview, Dr Ravi Jayaram said he raised the alarm about the killer nurse, but the hospital trust only contacted the police two years later. | ITV National News

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The prime minister being presented with our report into birth trauma.

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“I’m shocked at the way women are basically ignored in terms of postnatal care. It’s all about the baby – important, but no one asks the mothers about their health, and particularly the injuries they suffer." Thank you, @wesstreeting

Viagra gets better funding than women’s health, says Laura Bates

Speaking at Hay Festival, the Everyday Sexism founder said that postnatal care in Britain is ‘absolutely dire’

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5 years

@MauraHiggins @JoTrust One way to #EndSmearFear would be to train HCPs to perform smears as painlessly as possible - for some they can be excruciating. And also to understand that for some women smears are terrifying because they evoke memories of past trauma. A kind, sympathetic HCP can help a lot.

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Apparently women need "coping strategies" for labour pain. But what's wrong with offering the woman the option to make the pain go away - as you would with any other kind of pain?

Centering childbirth coping strategies back to women

A proposed framework by La Trobe University's Judith Lumley Center, in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, is challenging traditional categorizations of coping strategies in a bid to promote...

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10 months

Very good news that GPs will be expected to ask mothers about their mental health at the 6-week postnatal check - if they follow through. We know from a lot of mums that their GPs don't even offer the check.

GPs to offer more mental health support for mothers in England after giving birth

Doctors will use six- to eight-week health check to screen for postnatal depression or PTSD as a result of labour

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5 months

So excited - this is the culmination of months of hard work. Thank you so much to all those who worked on the inquiry, and the brave people who shared their stories.

Theo Clarke

@theodoraclarke

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Today’s publication day! I’m on my way down from #Stafford to Parliament to present a copy of our Birth Trauma Inquiry report in person to the Prime Minister with our recommendations on how to improve maternity care. Thankyou to everyone who gave us evidence 🙏 #birthtraumainquiry

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These affirmations are really troubling. What if you don't trust your care team - or what if you do, but find later that you shouldn't have done? What if your baby *isn't* safe?

Catherine Roy

@catherineroyuk

2 months

The new hypnobirthing affirmations which will be put on the walls of Royal Surrey maternity rooms. Or how the principles of science-based medicine have been reduced to five commandments. 🐷 1. I trust my care team, my baby is safe, I am safe 1/5

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Would be really good to see PTSD included in that six-week mental health check.

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@NCTcharity

5 years

Thank you Health Minister @NadineDorries for announcing that the government is hoping to ensure that a six-week #mentalhealth check is funded in the GP contract. And for sharing your experience too. Let’s get postnatal mental illness out of hiding! #HiddenHalf #everyonesbusiness

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The frustration with the Cumberlege Review is that it tells us what we have known for years. Women with severe health problems are dismissed and belittled. As a birth charity, we hear these stories all the time. What will it take for this to change?

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1 year

Comment beneath the Times article on maternal deaths.

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4 months

"Women should not be shamed for choosing the birth that works for them, whether that’s a C-section, epidural or a medication-free birth. There are plenty of valid reasons that women might not want to give birth vaginally."

The Green Party's Stance On C-Sections Shows How Little Women’s Births Are Understood

The Green Party have sparked backlash over their pledge to reduce the number of caesarean sections in childbirth.

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4 years

It's Birth Trauma Awareness Week. Today we launch the results of our members survey finding that 9 out of 10 cited poor communication from staff as a cause of their trauma. #BTAW2020

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"The NHS has spent £4.1bn over the last 11 years settling lawsuits involving babies who suffered brain damage when being born, amid claims that maternity units are not learning from mistakes."

Brain damage to babies in birth has cost NHS in England £4.1bn in lawsuits

Exclusive: £3.6bn has been paid out in 1,307 cases, according to information obtained under freedom of information laws

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"One of the most shocking stories is from a whistleblower who says it was a 'sport' on her maternity ward to put the most inexperienced staff on the most complex cases and that some staff had become suicidal as a result of things they had witnessed."

Maternity: Broken Trust review – the furious tale of grieving parents’ fight for justice

This fine documentary about the maternity care failures that led to avoidable deaths never lets the awful stories obscure the bigger picture – the importance of accountability

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4 months

From @RosieTaylor 's piece. It is extraordinary that we tolerate this. What will it take for things to change?

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4 years

Some absolutely heartbreaking stories in the Ockenden Review. But it's the same themes again and again: poor team-working, poor risk assessment, failure to escalate, obsession with avoiding caesarean section.

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5 months

Jen, whose story was on @BBCWomansHour today, said that when her waters broke the midwife told her she had probably "just wet herself". This is something we hear a lot - can anyone explain why? Is it ever the case that women late in pregnancy or in labour just wet themselves?

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Martyn is right - a blue light transfer involving a journey of several miles is not something any woman in labour wants. But also I wonder why these lovely calm spaces are confined to standalone birth centres? Why can't obstetric-led units be more like this?

Martyn Pitman

@MartynPitman

4 months

Believe me the atmosphere certainly won't be 'calm' when there are Maternity emergencies, when the only ability to seek Obstetric, Anaesthetic and Neonatal input is to call a blue-light ambulance and to endure a perilous 13 mile trip to the Winchester Maternity Unit 🚑 🏥

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Really thrilled that birth trauma is to be included in the Women’s Health Strategy - and thanks to @Theodoraclarke for all her hard work in making this happen.

Theo Clarke

@theodoraclarke

9 months

Following my national campaign, I’m delighted that at the Women’s Health Summit today the Health Secretary has confirmed that birth trauma has been added to the Women’s Health Strategy and is now a priority for the Government in 2024.

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"Many women who experience a traumatic birth risk developing PTSD, but self-help strategies without professional support are insufficient and should not be routinely introduced." We need to invest in professional help to tackle PTSD.

Self-help post-natal PTSD strategies insufficient, study finds

A new University of Liverpool-led study, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, has revealed that many women who experience a traumatic birth risk developing PTSD,...

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"A male midwife told him I needed to ‘calm down’. Those two words broke me. ‘This is early labour,’ he added, shaking his head. ‘This is nothing. If she can’t handle the pain now, she’s not going to be strong enough to get to the end.’"

A male midwife's two-word response to my agony left me traumatised

In the words of Rachel Green from Friends, ‘no uterus, no opinion’.

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5 years

@MauraHiggins @JoTrust Also to stop bullying and patronising women into believing that having a cervical smear is some kind of moral duty rather than one preventative health measure amongst many.

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1 year

Women go through numerous checks antenatally, but only one routine check postnatally - and even then, that often isn't thorough.

It's Nonsense That Postnatal Health Checks Stop At 6 Weeks, New Mothers Deserve More

We are jettisoned at precisely the moment we are starting to figure out what has gone back to normal and what hasn’t.

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4 months

It's really striking to see how many journalists in the past week have written about their own traumatic births. It shows how common it is. And then the hundreds of comments beneath tell similar and often heartbreaking stories. #birthtraumainquiry

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Women always remember the kindness someone showed them in labour, particularly if the birth was traumatic.

Rhi

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4 years

@sheena_byrom @birth_better The student midwife at my awful forceps birth being the person who kept me going. Holding my hand and telling me to focus on her. I don’t think my son would have been born healthy without her influence. I still think of her. Wish I could tell her the impact she had.

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Because it's Birth Trauma Awareness Week, we've had a lot of new contacts this week. They're heartbreaking. Most tell a tale of being ignored in labour, laughed at, humiliated, left to labour alone. Is is really so hard to get this right? #BTAW2020

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4 years

Agree - we also have women come to us whose birth trauma happened 30 or 40 years ago.

🦋 Emma Jane Cushnan 🦋

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This is so true. I’ve had Grandmothers contact me who have carried the pain of #birthtrauma their whole lives. So important that we create safe spaces for women to talk about how they feel. #ptsd #birth #pregnancy

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'Always, the questions are the same: “Why wasn’t I listened to?”; “Why did no one tell me what was happening?”; “Why were my requests for pain relief ignored?”...“Why was this done to me without consent?”' Thank you, @rhiannonlucyc

A third of new mothers are traumatised by childbirth, but there’s one easy way to help | Rhiannon...

Good communication can help the many women who experience PTSD after giving birth, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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11 months

Absolutely this. If tears are diagnosed and repaired immediately, women can recover. Instead, women are too often told to stop making a fuss, they are not diagnosed, the tear is not repaired and they are left with lifelong bowel incontinence.

Maternity Safety Alliance

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11 months

Birth injuries, birth trauma, and terrible postnatal care are more reasons we're campaigning for a #MaternityInquiry . Leonnie wasn't listened to and it took 3 years for her 3rd degree tear to be diagnosed. By the time they got around to treatment, it couldn't be repaired.

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4 years

We're recruiting women who have had traumatic births and been through a process of recovery to train as email peer supporters. If you're interested, please email Gwyneth Eanor at gwyn @birthtraumaassociation .org.uk.

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Birth trauma report finds evidence of shockingly poor maternity care. Birth trauma report calls for tsar to end postcode maternity lottery

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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2 years

This is true of the UK too. Pregnant women are monitored closely, but after birth, the care seems to melt away.

The rigorous care I received while pregnant ceased after birth – right when I needed it most |...

Australia offers world-class prenatal care but at the most difficult transition of our lives – after childbirth – it leaves us to fend for ourselves

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3 years

Current post on Mumsnet illustrating the law of unintended consequences.

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'The group's findings revealed that a number of women have been “so traumatised by their birth experiences they cannot face pregnancy again”.'

Mothers highlight 'harrowing birth trauma' in 'failing' maternity units

Fifty mothers have described their “harrowing” experiences of childbirth they have suffered at what they call "failing" maternity…

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5 years

The latest research suggests 4% of women develop PTSD after birth - that's 30,000 women a year in the UK. Why is such a widespread mental health problem ignored?

Catherine Roy

@catherineroyuk

5 years

"and traumatic births." Thank you for incl. #childbirth @sarah_j_young ~ 3% of women develop full-blown post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth, ~30% develop post-traumatic stress symptoms. Partners & HCP can also be affected. #PTSD #birthtrauma

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I wish that health professionals who focus exclusively on the risks of caesarean could talk to some of the women we see whose bodies have been permanently damaged as a result of forceps births.

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5 months

Although the birth trauma inquiry report was published on Monday, we are still receiving absolutely heartbreaking stories in the inquiry inbox. It's hard to comprehend the amount of callousness and negligent care that people are subjected to.

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"Research shows that a positive birth experience is dependent on two things: the birthing mother’s ability to make informed choices and those choices being respected and supported by her care provider." Yes - but luck is important too.

Positive birth stories exist and pregnant women deserve to hear them | Sophie Walker

We must never underestimate the power of women’s stories to incite change – all experiences of birthing should be amplified

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10 months

"A 15-year-old girl who had a stillbirth at 28 weeks in 2020 was investigated by police while studying for her GCSEs. Her phone and laptop were seized...meaning that agencies supporting her were unable to reach her." Very troubling.

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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4 months

This piece about birth trauma in the US shows that disrespect of mothers isn't simply an NHS problem - it's part of a wider culture in maternity.

Widespread disrespect, abuse in maternity care leave mothers with lasting trauma

Kimberly Turbin thought she was going to be a happy mom. “But that was snatched from me,” she says, the first time she gave birth. Up until then, “I had a perfect pregnancy. I didn’t have any nause…

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“We are seeing a much higher incidence of birth trauma in both parents (not just mums)” since the pandemic...Along with obstetric trauma [the physical kind], there is a greater report of psychological trauma."

Maternal Mental Health Month: Has having a baby in the pandemic left you with trauma?

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"Antenatal education has to include teaching women that nobody can fail at birth because it is a unique experience and that no matter how they choose to birth, what pain relief they require or how they choose to feed their baby, they will be supported and nurtured throughout it."

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5 months

From a Mumsnet thread on the inquiry. How do you begin to tackle this kind of culture?

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1 year

@FharatR He's chief executive of Queen Victoria Hospital, who appointed him during the trial.

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3 years

Today is World Patient Safety Day. Currently about half of all NHS litigation is paid out to maternity claims. There's still a lot of room for improvement. #WorldPatientSafetyDay2021

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@ShaunLintern @TheBMA So the RCN wrongly supported the killer nurse while the BMA wrongly failed to support the doctors who were trying to stop her. Doesn’t inspire much confidence, does it?

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"We’ve done very well with postnatal depression, postpartum psychosis, maternal OCD but we still don’t understand enough and don’t have anywhere near enough support for the impact of birth trauma." Very well said, @DrAndyMayers

'Never should we blame the mum'

Dr Andrew Mayers, perinatal mental illness expert, in conversation

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So pleased to see a dad speaking out about the experience of PTSD after traumatic birth. Thank you, Elliott Rae. #PTSD #birthtrauma

‘I got PTSD after witnessing my daughter’s birth’

After the distressing birth of his daughter, Elliott Rae struggled with post traumatic stress disorder.

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This is fascinating - a midwife using virtual reality to train midwives to support women better and prevent PTSD. #birthtrauma

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'“Women have long been told things like ‘As long as you and your baby arrive’, but being alive should be the very minimum a woman expects in her birth.'

The trauma few mums talk about

Birth trauma is real. It affects one in three Australian women and can have a lasting impact on their lives.

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6 years

NHS staff can be traumatised too. Even midwives have been shown to experience PTSD after being present at a traumatic birth.

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4 years

Why indeed? We see this all the time in pregnancy, childbirth and indeed postnatal care.

BBC Woman's Hour

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4 years

Why aren’t women believed when it comes to health? @AnnaCollinson talks about the Cumberlege review, three health scandals, and what it takes for women to be taken seriously:

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If it hadn't been for the persistence and determination of @DerekRKENT , the scandal of maternity care at East Kent would never have been uncovered.

'No-one joined the dots' - grandad who exposed an NHS scandal

Derek Richford's determination led to an inquiry into maternity care at East Kent hospitals.

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NICE's new Caesarean guidance is out. Good to see that "the women's preferences and concerns are central to the decision-making process."

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This is true, unfortunately. And it's not just Nottingham. Most of us tend to assume that the NHS, and the people who work in it, are decent and kind. It's hard to come to terms with the extent of the cruelty and cover-up we encounter.

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Watching #MaternityBrokenTrust and the sheer malevolence and cruelty of NUH Trust is horrifying. Obvious recent parallels of the Post Office and Andrew Malkinson case. Was the British state always like this? Or is it just that we see it more? And there’s so much left to expose.

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NHS staff treat birthing mothers without basic respect

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Apparently no consequences for staff who lie on notes or at inquest - yet we hear these stories time and again.

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This was a particularly shocking quote from our informed consent survey.

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If you haven’t read Hannah’s terrific article, please do. One of the best we’ve read on the subject.

Hannah Barnes

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An enormous thank you to all those who have sent such kind comments about my article on traumatic birth. It’s meant a lot. Thank you too to all the women who’ve shared their stories with me, too. I’ve read them all and am so sorry for what you went through. Things must get better

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This sort of message is pernicious because it implies that it's a woman's fault if her birth goes wrong. But human bodies aren't "perfectly" designed and birth often goes wrong. It's no one's fault.

Catherine Roy

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Accredited by the Royal College of Midwives. #pseudoscience #hypnobirthing

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Making the case for screening for PTSD after childbirth.

Opinion | We Screen Postpartum Women for Depression. But What About PTSD?

We're not asking all of the right questions

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We see so many women with continence problems after birth. It would be good to see the NHS take it as seriously as the French - and provide the same quality of postnatal care.

If only every woman was able to give birth like the French

Helena Frith Powell moved from the UK to France in 2000 with her husband and her daughter, Olivia. Here, she said she learned an 'awful lot' about the cultural differences between the countries.

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From the Times report on the epidurals research. Who would have thought that closer monitoring of women in labour would lead to better outcomes?

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Happy New Year, everyone. Let's hope this is the year that more resources go into maternity services and into mental health support for women after birth.

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5 years

Excellent article on the experience of birth trauma. #birthtrauma

The effect of childbirth no-one talks about

Giving birth can be one of the most painful experiences in a woman’s life, yet the long-term effects that trauma can have on millions of new mothers are still largely ignored.

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So pleased to see this article about supporting staff who have had a traumatic birth - very encouraging that this is being recognised by employers. #birthtrauma

Supporting employees who are exposed to traumatic birth

Thousands of women will go through a frightening or traumatic birth, the effects of which will continue to impact on them, and their partner, long after

www.personneltoday.com

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Agree wholeheartedly. The RCOG statement doesn't recognise the fundamental problems at Nottingham, which were very little to do with understaffing and a good deal to do with contempt for parents.

Fiona Winser-Ramm

@FionaWinserRamm

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Give me strength. This continuing rhetoric by those in positions of supposed authority and responsibility, insinuating that poor care is solely down to staffing issues, is beyond tiresome and just downright offensive to every family who has been neglected and lied to🙄🤦🏼‍♀️.

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Not entirely surprised that Shrewsbury and Telford had the lowest c-section rates in the NHS. We should measure success by outcomes, not processes.

Shrewsbury hospital's 'overzealous' pursuit of natural birth left patients at risk, critics say

As trust is revealed to have among nation’s lowest caesarean rates, mother who lost her baby asks: ‘How many other maternity units are putting ideology above safety?’

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We know from what women tell us that being denied pain relief can play a part in their PTSD. Some of the comments on this piece are incredibly sad. #birthtrauma

Women in labour being denied epidurals by the 'cult of natural birth'

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he will launch an investigation and ensure that women's choices are respected after mothers complained they were being told 'it's meant to be hard work'.

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Mothers with birth trauma are not being listened to, says BTA. #birthtrauma

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6 years

Our wish for #InternationalWomensDay is that women are listened to. Too often we hear stories of women's pain or health problems being dismissed.

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It shouldn't need pointing out, but a policy to keep c-section numbers low doesn't always mean that a woman avoids c-section. It can mean that her c-section is delayed to a point where it carries more risks.

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"[It is] clear that more compassion, education and better after-care for mothers who suffer birth trauma are desperately needed if we are to see an improvement in mums' physical wellbeing and mental health." (Theo Clarke)

Women 'failed at every stage' of maternity care with 'many made to feel they were to blame'

Campaigners call for education, compassion and professional care for women during labour.

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Thanks very much to @BBCWomansHour for the opportunity to talk about women choosing not to have a subsequent baby after traumatic birth. Some very sad and shocking stories shared by listeners.

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"Hospitals have been told to offer greater aftercare to women who have suffered birth injuries, which can have a devastating long-term effect on their mental health, relationships and ability to work."

NHS plans better care for women who have suffered birth trauma

Ministers have announced a national NHS plan to tackle birth injuries and trauma that rob the “joy of pregnancy and birth” from tens of thousands of women.Hos

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One of the themes mentioned in the report is "inaccurate or altered patient records". Again, at the risk of sounding like a stuck record, this is something we hear all the time.

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@BirthTrauma

4 months

This year’s Birth Trauma Awareness Week, 15-20 July, takes the theme of informed consent. Our short survey aims to find out how common it is for women to have procedures performed without their consent in labour and birth.

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Changing maternity care will be hard.

UK birth-trauma inquiry delivered gritty truths, but change will be hard

With many NHS maternity services struggling and a shortage of midwives, MPs’ plan for overhaul is ambitious

www.theguardian.com

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@BirthTrauma

5 years

Really wish people could see the mental health consequences for women of being denied epidurals. Flashbacks, nightmares, fear, anxiety, inability to bond with their baby. Is that what you have in mind when you tell a woman she can't have the pain relief she's begging for?

BPAS

@BPAS1968

5 years

We are saddened but not surprised by the @DHSCgovuk finding that women are being denied epidurals in childbirth. Women have told us how when they requested one they were told “labour is meant to be hard work”

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This is so true. If women don't talk about this, then other women think they're the only one. It's really important to be open - not least because maternity professionals need to be aware of the long-term consequences for women of a severe tear.

Leonnie Downes

@leonniedownes

11 months

@BirthTrauma I'm so glad my story is being shared. No woman should ever feel alone about issues which shouldn't be embarrassing or dismissed

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5 years

A researcher has carried out an analysis of 3,000 online birth stories - and this is what she found.

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@BirthTrauma

5 years

A new scale to assess whether a woman has postnatal PTSD. We desperately need this - great work from Professor Susan Ayers and team.

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@BirthTrauma

3 months

Unfortunately unqualified people who give bad advice can’t be held accountable when things go wrong. Rise of the doula: a helping hand or a danger to mothers?

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.com

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@BirthTrauma

1 year

On World Mental Health Day, some info about postnatal PTSD: * About 4-5% of women develop PTSD after birth. * That's 30,000 woman a year in the UK. * About 1% of partners develop PTSD after witnessing birth - 6,000 a year. * Postnatal PTSD is often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

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6 months

"Joshua Titcombe died in 2008. Since then, we have had nearly two decades of dead women, dead children, disabled children, traumatised and physically injured mothers. Thousands of avoidable catastrophes." Devastating piece from @sirin_kale

��My child was drowning’: life and death on an English maternity ward

Norah Bassett was hours old when she died in 2019, after multiple failings in her care. What can be learned from her heartbreaking loss?

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

"I had seen...these beautiful birth stories, and that's what I was expecting for myself because I had done all the work..." Instead, Perris was in labour for almost 24 hours. Her pelvic floor was "completely destroyed".

The pressure to have a 'perfect' birth

Many women strive for a "beautiful" birth experience without medical intervention. It works for some women, yet this ideal can be damaging if plans don't materialise.

www.bbc.com

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1 year

@SnotSurgeon If these men have this much contempt for their female colleagues, what is their attitude towards female patients?

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@BirthTrauma

4 months

It was great to see the Labour Party manifesto specifically mention the worse maternal outcomes for South Asian women, who are so often ignored as a group. Journalists who are interested in maternity, please consider covering this important conference run by @GeetaNayar01

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@BirthTrauma

2 years

Our thoughts are with the East Kent parents awaiting the Kirkup report tomorrow. We know it's going to be hard. Thank you for your bravery in sharing your stories. We're here on support @birthtraumaassociation .org.uk if you need to talk.

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3 years

@LeahFHardy A number of women who come to us have PTSD from being left in extreme pain without any pain relief for hours on end. How does having PTSD help you become a good mother?

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4 years

Pregnant women in prison are as entitled to medical care as pregnant women anywhere else.

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4 years

Thanks so much to the British Journal of Midwifery for inviting us to speak about birth trauma today. Very grateful for the opportunity - and great to hear stories of good practice from midwives. #BJMConference2021

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We’re delighted to be assisting @theodoraclarke in her new inquiry into birth trauma:

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.com

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11 months

This is depressing. If we want to take patient care and patient safety seriously, doctors and nurses need to be allowed to whistleblow.

ITV News

@itvnews

11 months

Following Lucy Letby, 71% of doctors say whistleblowing damages careers | ITV News UK Editor @PaulBrandITV

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1 year

Instrumental (esp forceps) births are an under-recognised cause of physical injury in birth. An important new website outlines the risks of different modes of delivery. A very useful resource for pregnant women. #birthtrauma

Birth Facts - Enabling informed choice about birth

Enabling informed choice about birth

birthfacts.org

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@BirthTrauma

11 months

Guardian article about birth injuries from 2010, which includes an interview with the BTA's Maureen Treadwell. Feel despondent that so little has changed. #birthtrauma

Torn apart by childbirth

For a few women in the UK, giving birth results in traumatic, life-changing injuries, reports Joanna Moorhead

www.theguardian.com

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