Healing Birth Services - Mcr

06/12/2022

15/11/2022

It’s common to see references to the basic human instincts of ‘fight or flight’ when faced with a traumatic situation.

In fact, the brain is hardwired to deliver a wider range of reactions, which can be summed up as fight, flight, freeze, fawn and flop. The latter two being the least discussed and talked about.

These are natural reactions triggered by part of our brain. In fact, we share this instinctive behaviour with other animal life! Any creature responds quickly to potential danger by fighting back, running or becoming totally still. Or, to diffuse danger they form a closer attachment to their aggressor (fawn).

Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, flop and other 'symptoms' such as urgency are a natural outcome of fearful situations or extended periods of trauma. With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or C-PTSD, they can leave a lasting legacy and become a recurrent behaviour.

Find out more about trauma responses, and what they may 'look like' on our website here: https://www.ptsduk.org/its-so-much-more-than-just-fight-or-flight/

One option for breathwork to help ease trauma response is Alternate Nostril Breathing which you can find out more about here https://www.ptsduk.org/yogic-breathing-to-reduce-ptsd-anxiety/

07/11/2022

Our free community group for birth and other perinatal trauma is happening again this Wednesday. Come and share your story with others who understand. Talking about your experiences can be really healing. One to one appointments are also available with Hayley our counsellor and doula. Call to book your place.

31/10/2022

The Birth Trauma Association wristband gives a clear and visible directive to health care providers to provide trauma informed care at your appointments, and during any scans or treatments.  

This wristband can be worn simply to raise awareness of birth trauma, or to all hospital appointments and during your birth.  The red and white colours, along with the Birth Trauma Association name and logo will either immediately alert staff, or can be used to trigger a conversation about your requirement for trauma informed care.

We understand it can be difficult to explain your needs to staff, so we hope this wristband will help make things easier, notifying Health Care Professionals that you might need a little more time, and reiterating the importance of gaining your trust whilst working collaboratively with you as the patient.

Circumference:  8inches
Width:  1/2 inch

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23/10/2022

We spoke to dads who’ve been through birth trauma to find out what happened to them and what needs to happen next

19/10/2022

"Your kids don't need a perfect parent or an anti-conflict parent."

18/10/2022

*cPTSD

12/10/2022

Our monthly peer support group for people who have experienced perinatal trauma. Come and share your story to find peace and understanding.

08/10/2022

Understanding Trauma: Developing Resilience

An eight-week course with Thrive Manchester to help us understand how the things we have experienced in our lives affect us every day. Combining creativity and mental health education these sessions will explore practical and evidenced-based techniques to recover from trauma and increase emotional resilience.

📅 Starts Tuesday 11 October, 1 - 3.30pm
Free, no previous experience necessary

For more information and to book your place, contact Dave Nuttall 07921 291093 or dave@thrivemanchester.org.uk

🗣️'These sessions have been great. I have learnt how the body is impacted by trauma and things I can do to help with that.'

🗣️'I have found this helpful and informative. It will help me put a plan in place to help me deal with my trauma.'

🖼 Lucien Pissarro, Crockers Lane, Coldharbour, 1916

05/10/2022

Next week we have our monthly stay and play support group at The Monastery Manchester. Come with your baby or toddler and share your story with others who understand. From 10-1130 on Wednesday 12th October. You are welcome to linger afterwards for a coffee and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
We have also have some one to one sessions available.

04/10/2022

Our Trafford group opens its doors for the first time tomorrow

Booking via the website www.coffeechillspill.com

Exciting ❤️

25/09/2022

On 2nd October at there will be a service for anyone who has lost a baby in pregnancy, at birth,or in early years,whether the loss was yesterday or 80 years ago.​​​​​​​​
This event is also for those grieving that they have never been able to conceive.​​​​​​​​
It will commence at 2pm. ​​​​​​​​
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24/09/2022

Because I've wanted to repost this for a couple weeks now. To the mama who needs to hear this tonight.

Reposted from @3:23 Photography & Birth Services

To the woman who read the books, took the classes, put her body into every bendable spinning position babies position there is, moved and swayed, planned and prayed. I know when you see the posts of women who hummed their babies earth side in hours, in a warm tub, looking blissful, it feels laughable. Not for you. It didn’t happen for you. To the woman who lays in postpartum, aching from her cesarean, listening to the woman in the room next to you roaring her child into her arms, sounds of birth followed by a fresh baby cry, but not for you. It’s important to remember we follow the labor that our body allows. Do I attend primarily natural births? I sure do. Have you ever looked into the face of a woman, sweat on her brow, pleading for her baby to rotate its head just right? Hours of non stop contractions, no break. Exhaustion. Every labor is not the same. In a world where I feel SO passionately about a birth plan, doulas and midwifery, I feel just as much passion for the women who simply gave it everything. Every bit of their being.

Birth is not always bliss. With the right tools and listening to our bodies can we make it that way MOST of the time? Yes. To speak on medicinal help in times of dire exhaustion or life threatening emergencies is simply ignorant. You won’t find it here. If the situation wasn’t what you wanted it to be, it’s okay to grieve it. Don’t hold yourself to the standard of an “uneventful” labor and feel that you failed. You didn’t. I promise you didn’t.