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If this is your birth preference, there are a few helpful things you can do to prepare your mind and body ahead of time:
Whether your abdominal birth was planned or unplanned, here are a number of ways you can support your recovery:
Last but not least, make sure your partner or whoever is going to be with you postnatally knows all of the above too. You will have just given birth AND gone through major surgery, so having a reliable helping hand to get all of these things ready and accessible is very very important mama! Postnatal Doulas are worth their weight in gold for post abdominal birth support.
Here we share how the APPG Birth Trauma report (under the section 'What does 'good' look like in maternity?') outlines an illegal recommendation around the topic of consent, and how Emma Ashworth and others are campaigning to update the report.
Pride month is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the evolving concept of parenthood and the various ways families can now be created!
We answer what OASI is and why is the fourth recommendation in the Birth Trauma Inquiry report is so concerning.