Better Birth Blog

Information on hypnobirthing, pregnancy and birth

Listening To Traumatic Birth Stories
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Listening To Traumatic Birth Stories

At 41 weeks and two sweeps later, her kind midwife booked her induction in.⠀

She told her it was the safest thing to do. Her body obviously just couldn’t go into labour, it would just be a nudge...

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Abuse in labour.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

Abuse in labour.

Women should not be having to reach out or yearn for kind and generous care in labour and birth. It should come as standard.⠀

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The fear of induction is growing.
Melanie Bearne Melanie Bearne

The fear of induction is growing.

How has something that was only meant for situations when either mum or baby were unwell now become so normalised? How has something so regularly known to fail become the one thing that women are guaranteed they will be offered in their care?

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