REBIRTH

My body was changed by birth. This is perhaps less surprising than the fact that I wasn’t prepared for that change. In the two years...

I have always loved Christmas. But after the traumatic birth of my daughter on Christmas Day, it holds a different place in my life story...

Before I was pregnant, I'd never even heard of my pelvic floor. Following my traumatic birth, it suddenly became an unwelcome visitor in...

For the past few years I’ve kept a diary. Just one line a day: a summary of happenings, to look back on and remember life as it once was....

I used a tampon today. A run of the mill experience for a woman in their early 30s, you may say. Or you may fall into the ‘oversharing’...

I think it will be a long time before I am able to say I am proud of my birth story. Birth trauma runs deep, and the shame associated...

Asking for help is like throwing yourself over the edge. You don’t know where you’re going to land, or whether you will survive the fall....