Birth Debrief and Reflection

The period of time after giving birth can be an upheaval. Even for mothers who have been through birth before, every birth is a new experience. There can be questions about what happened, confusion, or trauma and fear.

You might have experienced something unexpected, or perhaps the birth wasn’t what you thought it would be.
But there is also a tiny newborn baby to care for. A birth to physically heal from. Tiredness to live with. And all the daily pressures of life to focus on. It can be easy to push your unasked questions or unsettling feelings to the back of your mind, and just get on with things. After all, isn’t that what women have been doing for a long time? Having babies and just getting on with it?

Well, l I’d really like to change this as a negative birth experience can have far-reaching effects on you and your entire family.

Being unable to understand what happened and why, can leave you with feelings of guilt, shame and failure, asking questions such as why did I allow that?  & why didn’t I say no?

Birth debriefing provides you with a supportive and nurturing space where I can listen to your story and we can fill in any gaps. Having the opportunity to understand what happened, in the context of the people involved, and the setting where birth occurred can help answer the very important question: ‘Why?’

Having worked as a midwife in all settings I can help you to understand the facts about your birth experience and acknowledge the impact it had on you and suggest next steps to help with your recovery

You will receive a booklet entitled “Optimising Postnatal Health” which will be sent to you after the session.

If necessary, you can request your labour & birth notes from the hospital medical records department in advance of the session so we can review these in detail.

Duration of the session is 60 mins.

Should you wish to progress onto the Traumatic Birth recovery- 3 step rewind then the cost of this session will be deducted from that service.

How it works

STEP 1
1. You can check my availability is suitable for you on the link below. If you cannot find a suitable time, please email me and I will see if I can accommodate you.

VIEW CURRENT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT TIMES

STEP 2
Click BUY NOW and proceed through the checkout appointment.

STEP 3
In your order confirmation email, you will receive a link to then select your preferred appointment time. Following the session, all resources required will be emailed directly to you.