Why Children, Can’t Afford anymore Medical, Parental, Societal Blindness   Birth Trauma: The Silent Crisis Every year, thousands of families silently carry the weight of birth trauma. For too long, a mother’s influences have been dismissed as “baby blues” or “just hormones.” But the truth is clear: ignoring birth trauma comes with staggering health costs for parents, for children and society. I wrote about this crisis in my women’s and children’s health book ‘Pregnancy & Birt

The Hidden Error For too long, birth trauma has been dismissed, hidden under labels of “baby blues,” “colic,” or “just hormones.” But this underestimated perception is costing individuals, families health, ripple impacts on family unit, siblings, income. Underlying in teen mental health, self-esteem, anxiety from complex birth trauma, including early suicide. What health professionals fail to acknowledge is that birth experience ripples into childhood, adulthood and society i

Celebs are speaking about their horrific experiences of birth trauma, highlighting to society the need for new approaches at birth.   I have written and spoken about birth trauma for over 25 years. My own professional anidotal and personal experience has accumulated great insights on this matter and unfortunately the daily risks continue, globally, some fifty years on from when my son experienced a fast birth and suffered birth trauma! No one could tell me how to support my s

Pregnancy and Placenta barrier …toxicity travels causing infant development issues in new research. In pregnancy we are led to believe that we have a placenta barrier against drugs and toxicity.   Since early 1980, medics have known that the placenta barrier does not exist against all drugs. Trials have proved acetaminophen transports across the placental barrier. Therefore exposure risk to drugs should include developing foetus as well as mothers. Long term issues can be for

Couples often put all their hope into IVF. IVF is a clinical approach and structure of stages to complete. The roller coaster of IVF can become traumatic in various ways. Most couples are not fully aware of the full processes offered. And surprised by the pressure and emotional outcomes involved in IVF. Live high expectations of IVF conception and don’t expect to experience pregnancy loss. Although a common distressing outcome. Both are in distress and trauma from their even

2020, university called for early intervention, vital to identify high-risk conditions, and treat women with PTSD. In the past research on PTSD has been based on military veterans. Maternal PTSD is not fully acknowledge or supported in health care. City University of London researchers (2020) found a total of 24267 women had reported the prevalence of PTSD during pregnancy or after birth using a diagnostic measure. Up to 700,000 women give birth each year in UK. prevalence

Miscarriage and termination is not fully understood. Certainly, the US supreme court changes of Row v Wade has shaken women to the core. And it brought back my feelings and loneliness. Receiving descension within my family with no understanding of why, from my own termination. My experience of a termination came from medical reasons, in 1979. It was a harrowing experience. I was treated like a leper in hospital. Staff seemed to make up their minds I was out of order due to