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BirthTrauma

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BirthTrauma

@BirthTrauma

The Birth Trauma Association (BTA) supports all parents who have had a traumatic birth experience. Also on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/birtht…

birthtraumaassociation.org

Joined May 2012

BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Aug 18, 2023
'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
From itv.com
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
May 13, 2024
The prime minister being presented with our report into birth trauma.
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
May 28, 2024
“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
From independent.co.uk
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Jun 9, 2025
If only people could see the number of women who come to us with permanent harm either to mother or baby as a result of traumatic vaginal birth or emergency c-section, perhaps more would ask for planned c-section.
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Dec 2, 2024
Lack of support on the postnatal ward is one of the most common complaints we hear. Is the answer to restore newborn nurseries so women have time to rest? Or to offer more staff support to individual women? Interested to hear the thoughts of women with birth trauma.
Catherine Roy
@catherineroyuk
Dec 2, 2024
Our letter to the Times on postnatal care. @sue_haddon @drruthannharpur #bringbacknurseries thetimes.com/article/caf3ee…
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Nov 4, 2025
Replying to @Alec_Zeck
Sight is a natural, normal physiological process, and yet two-thirds of the world's population wear glasses. Perhaps we should all have more faith in our ability to see.
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Sep 16, 2019
Replying to @MauraHiggins and @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.
BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Jun 27, 2024
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
From medicalxpress.com
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Dec 19, 2023
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.
theguardian.com
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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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
May 13, 2024
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
May 13, 2024
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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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Jul 26, 2024
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
Jul 25, 2024
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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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Oct 5, 2019
Would be really good to see PTSD included in that six-week mental health check.
NCT
@NCTcharity
Oct 4, 2019
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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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Oct 16, 2023
Comment beneath the Times article on maternal deaths.
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BirthTrauma
@BirthTrauma
Jul 8, 2020
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?