15th May 2024
The subject of birth trauma is prevalent in the news this week after a parliamentary inquiry into UK maternity and postnatal care services after finding poor care is "all too frequently tolerated as normal." Whilst this inquiry is important in identifying the major obstacles to good quality care for mums-to-be and hopefully paving the way for major improvement.... studies such as these can engender much fear in anyone pregnant or planning to get pregnant and leave them mistrust of maternity services.
Therefore at easibirthing Fertility to Parenthood, we think it is the right time to publish a series of 10 ways to overcome birth trauma and give the time to heal. However I will also include some tips on what you can do leading up to a birth experience to help prevent birth trauma. This week I want to focus on looking at what birth trauma is....
22nd Sep 2023
Our founder Sharon Mustard teams up with Katherine Hale of 'Thrive in Motherhood' to look at how there is life beyond birth trauma. Women can, and do overcome this challenging period to enjoy parenting their child in a way that they want to, and may well have expected to.
So many new mothers and fathers talk about feeling they have been robbed of a positive childbirth experience where they felt listened to, acknowledged, valued and in control of their decisions. As social beings, social connectedness is the cornerstone of a birth that truly is the beginning of the next phase in our lives.
30th Jun 2023
What is Matrescence?
The word Matrescence, “The Birth of a Mother”, was coined by Dana Raphae in 1973. Matrescence is defined as the physical, psychological, hormonal, social and emotional changes associated with the transition to motherhood. Despite it being deemed as significant as adolescence it only entered the Cambridge Dictionary for the first time in 2020! This is hardly surprising when the primary focus is very much on the baby during pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period. The mother is often forgotten and rarely ever effectively supported.
12th May 2023
The importance of forming an intimate early relationship between mother and baby has been emphasised for several decades. A wealth of research has shown that the quality of the early relationship with your baby can have lasting effects on a child’s development, including socio-emotional adaption, cognitive development, language development, a child’s future mental health. Even a child’s attachment style- the quality of their emotional bond in future relationships.
14th Apr 2023
Take a peek at the live instagram chat with Clare Stead of Oliiki where we talked all things therapy for parents and parents-to-be https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8EGt9JnEe/...
Listen to the interview where I talk to Clare Stead from the wonderful Oliiki app. We cover from fertility to parenthood and everything in between, Sharon Mustard from @easibirthingfertility2parent tells us all about the support she can offer you in your pregnancy journey.
24th Mar 2023
Having a baby can be an anxious time with all the new expectations and so many new things to learn. All new mums and dads need to take steps to protect them selves from this escalating into something that can be difficult to switch off. Post natal anxiety is very closely aligned to post natal depression, and it can be difficult to distinguish between them.
Read Sharon Mustard's expert article featured on MyBump2Baby here Postnatal anxiety-10 ways to avoid it
You can also read my expert article on Tokophobia - fear of childbirth on MyBump2Baby
