Birthcare with Katie

Birthcare with Katie Mental Health Midwife & birth educator. Supporting you in pregnancy after a difficult or traumatic birth. https://linktr.ee/birthcarewithkatie

Move from fear and uncertainty to calm, confident and prepared for a better birth. Birthcare offers hypnobirthing courses to expectant parents at any stage of pregnancy. Birthcare can offer you the opportunity to approach birth with confidence, calmness and excitement and help to achieve a positive experience of birth for you and your baby.

If this post feels painfully familiar… please know you’re not the only one carrying all of this.Pregnancy after a diffic...
09/12/2025

If this post feels painfully familiar… please know you’re not the only one carrying all of this.

Pregnancy after a difficult or traumatic birth is a completely different experience.
You can be grateful and hopeful and still feel terrified, triggered, or disconnected.
Your nervous system remembers what you went through, and none of this is your fault.

If you’re longing for steadier support in this pregnancy, my new course Birth Without Fear is coming soon. It’s a gentle, trauma-informed path to feeling safer, calmer and more in control as you approach this birth.

If you’d like to be the first to know when it opens (and receive some gentle support while you wait), you can join the waitlist here

https://birthcare.co.uk/birthwithoutfear-waitlist-join-page

You don’t have to navigate this on your own.

I’m right here with you.

Katie x

Anxiety is not a flaw, it’s a signal that your body wants to feel safe. You’re not broken for feeling this way. You’re h...
08/12/2025

Anxiety is not a flaw, it’s a signal that your body wants to feel safe. You’re not broken for feeling this way. You’re healing, one breath at a time. Every time you pause to breathe, ground yourself, or reach for support, you’re showing incredible strength.

Ever feel like you wish you could just turn the worrying thoughts off... but at the same feel like you really need to be...
07/12/2025

Ever feel like you wish you could just turn the worrying thoughts off... but at the same feel like you really need to be worrying because if you don't, then you are letting your guard down!

You are not alone
And you are not choosing to feel this way

When you’ve been through a difficult birth, worry can feel protective.
Your brain is trying to keep you safe… even when it feels overwhelming.

In my newest blog post, I gently walk you through:

• Why pregnancy makes worrying thoughts louder
• How trauma shapes your thinking
• A simple tool to break the cycle
• A compassionate way to soothe your “tricky brain”
• What to do when fears feel too loud to ignore

This is the post I wish every pregnant person after trauma could read.

Read now: How to Manage Worrying Thoughts During Pregnancy
(Link in bio)

If it helps, let me know-I’m always here.

You don’t have to erase your story to move forward. Healing is about reclaiming your power, your body, and your peace. Y...
04/12/2025

You don’t have to erase your story to move forward. Healing is about reclaiming your power, your body, and your peace. You can carry your past and still create a new ending. You can honour what happened and still believe in something better.

You can start to shift away from fear and anxiety towards feeling calm and confident by taking small daily steps. Want to know how, then comment CHALLENGE and I'll show you.

If fear and anxiety has been overshadowing your pregnancy, please read this:You’re not doing anything wrong.You’re not “...
02/12/2025

If fear and anxiety has been overshadowing your pregnancy, please read this:

You’re not doing anything wrong.
You’re not “ruining” anything.
You’re not ungrateful.
You’re not alone.

When you’ve lived through a difficult or traumatic birth, the excitement people expect you to feel can be hard to access.
Fear steps in first.
Your nervous system goes into protection mode.
And joy and happiness feels far away.

None of this means you don’t love your baby.
None of this means you don't want this pregnancy.
It simply means your body remembers what happened and is trying to keep you safe.

You deserve support that understands this.
You deserve care that listens.
And you deserve a birth experience that feels calmer, safer, and more in your control this time.

If you’d like a gentle place to start, my free Trauma-Informed Birth Plan Guide can help you make sense of what you need and how to communicate it to your maternity team.

Comment GUIDE and I’ll send it straight to you.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.

Even if it feels like no one understands, there are so many people like you, quietly carrying the same fears, the same s...
02/12/2025

Even if it feels like no one understands, there are so many people like you, quietly carrying the same fears, the same sleepless nights, the same longing for peace. You’re part of a community that sees you, understands you, and walks beside you. You don’t have to carry this alone anymore.

Comment CHALLENGE to start small daily steps to build confidence and calm.

If you spent your last birth feeling ignored, dismissed, or talked over…please know this:It wasn’t your fault.You weren’...
01/12/2025

If you spent your last birth feeling ignored, dismissed, or talked over…
please know this:

It wasn’t your fault.
You weren’t “too quiet” or “too anxious.”
You shouldn’t have had to fight to be heard.

Feeling unheard in birth affects your whole sense of safety and it can leave a deep mark that carries into your next pregnancy.

But this time can be different.

Your birth plan isn’t about being demanding or unrealistic.
It’s about helping your maternity team understand:

• what felt hard last time
• what you’re scared might happen again
• what helps you feel safe and supported
• what you want them to do differently

Because when your team understands you, they can support you and will want this time to be better for you.
And when you feel supported, everything changes.

If you want help writing a plan that will be supported and followed by your team then....

Comment GUIDE and I’ll send you my free trauma-informed birth plan guide + template.
Or head to the link in my bio if that feels easier.

You deserve care that listens.
You deserve a safer, more supported birth this time.




If you’ve ever felt misunderstood in your recovery… this is for you.So many people minimise their experience because no ...
27/11/2025

If you’ve ever felt misunderstood in your recovery… this is for you.

So many people minimise their experience because no one around them truly “gets it.”
But what you went through matters — and so does how it felt.

You deserve space.
You deserve support.
You deserve to heal at your pace.

If you’d like gentle guidance to feel more supported this time around, comment GUIDE for my free trauma-informed birth plan.

Hello to my lovely new and long-time followersI wanted to take a moment to reintroduce myself for anyone who’s new here....
25/11/2025

Hello to my lovely new and long-time followers

I wanted to take a moment to reintroduce myself for anyone who’s new here.
My name is Katie, I have been a qualified midwife in the UK for over 10 years, I now specialise in mental health and help people who’ve had a difficult or traumatic birth feel safe, supported, and confident again, so their next birth can be a healing experience, not another frightening one.

A little about my story: after years of supporting women and birthing people through pregnancy, birth, and postnatal recovery, I’ve seen how many carry fear, guilt, and self-doubt after a difficult experience, and how few spaces feel truly safe to talk about it. That’s why I created Birthcare, a place where you can feel heard, understood, and gently guided as you prepare for a better experience this time.

Here are a few facts about me:
✨ I’m endlessly fascinated by the connection between the mind, body, and birth.
✨ I love getting out for a walk and a lovely cup of coffee ☕
✨ I believe small, gentle steps can create the biggest transformations.

I’m on a mission to help you rebuild trust, reduce fear, and feel empowered to have a birth that supports your healing, because you deserve that.

I believe that whilst we cant control exactly how birth unfolds, we can do things to control the way you are supported and how you feel even if things dont go to plan.

𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴!

On this page, you’ll find trauma-informed education, soothing strategies, and psychological tools to help you feel calmer, more confident, and more in control as you prepare for birth after trauma.

Thank you for being here. You’re not alone in this, and I’m so glad we’ve found each other.

Comment GUIDE to learn how to write a birth plan that will really get staff to listen, follow your plan and make sure th...
23/11/2025

Comment GUIDE to learn how to write a birth plan that will really get staff to listen, follow your plan and make sure that you don't feel the same way you did last time.

If your last birth left you shaken, confused or doubting yourself, you’re not alone — and it wasn’t your fault.
This time, you deserve support that listens, respects, and protects you.

A trauma-informed birth plan can help you feel calmer, clearer and more prepared

Comment GUIDE to start planning for a Better Birth today.

If you’ve been feeling like no one else understands what you’re carrying…I promise you’re not alone. So many people goin...
21/11/2025

If you’ve been feeling like no one else understands what you’re carrying…
I promise you’re not alone. So many people going through pregnancy after a difficult or traumatic birth feel this way too — even if nobody talks about it, and if nobody around them sees it.

You don’t have to pretend you’re okay, it's okay to not be, and it's okay if pregnancy doesn’t feel enjoyable yet.

You’re allowed to feel what you feel.
And you’re allowed to be supported through it.

You should never have to fight to be heard in birth — yet so many women tell me this was their reality.This guide helps ...
19/11/2025

You should never have to fight to be heard in birth — yet so many women tell me this was their reality.

This guide helps you communicate your needs clearly, confidently, and without overwhelm…
even if last time you froze, shut down, or felt overruled.

Get the link in my bio or head to my website to download your free How to Write Your Birth Plan Guide
You deserve to be heard and understood this time. 💛

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