Pregnancy and birth have the power to transform us, whether the experience unfolded in the way we'd hoped, planned and prepared for - or not. Are you curious to explore how your pregnancy and birth experience has impacted you and your baby, and how your stories and imprints from the past may have impacted your pregnancy and birth experience?

Birth Debriefing provides a safe space for you to have your feelings about your conception journey, pregnancy, birth and postpartum heard, held and honoured without judgement, offering you space and time to begin to process and integrate the experience, as well as support and guidance to move towards healing and growth.

Pregnancy and birth are unpredictable and so are our responses to our experience of pregnancy and birth. For many birthing parents, the experience of pregnancy can be deeply traumatic. Whether you’ve had a long & difficult road to conception; or you’re a sufferer/survivor of HG, or debilitating pelvic pain, or perinatal anxiety &/or depression, or any other health condition in pregnancy that’s left you feeling isolated, alone, not believed, not taken seriously, shamed, coerced, railroaded, physically & emotionally drained beyond belief - I see you, I hear you and I believe you.

When it comes to pregnancy and birth, most parents describe a combination of feelings - it’s rarely all positive or negative. Parents describe feeling joyful, grateful, empowered, confused, disappointed, unheard, resentful, disrespected, powerless and even traumatised.

All your feelings about your pregnancy and birth experiences are valid and real, even if they don’t align with what society says you ‘should’ feel about pregnancy and birth.

If your experience of birth was traumatic, you are not alone. 1 in 3 women in Australia describe the birth of their child as a traumatic experience. Birth trauma (and pregnancy trauma) can have lifelong ripple effects for us as parents, both physically and emotionally. Birth Debriefing can be a really powerful way to begin to unpack and integrate the experience, so we can move forward with a sense of validation and hope.

“Trauma is subjective. People might argue with you about the details of your birth… Was it really that bad? Can’t you just focus on having a healthy baby? No one can argue with you about how you feel. Your birth and how you feel about it is yours to own, so own it. Trauma is in the eye of the beholder. It’s not for someone else to decide how they would feel about it and tell you to do the same.”

- Dr Erin Bowe

You matter, your story matters.

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