17/11/2025
Shoutout to this amazing little man on 💙
𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪
”How do you thank someone enough for making you whole again and giving you your confidence back?
If you know my story with Alf then you are already aware of the journey Iv been on. It sometimes just takes one bad experience, just one trauma to completely make you loose faith in a system that’s in place to help people every single day. That was the place I was at with the NHS after Alfs birth, I was quite frankly scared to give birth again. That’s when I reached out to .welfordmidwife because I knew I wasn’t strong enough to go it alone this time.
Birth PTSD is something that stays with you and reappears at the time when you should be happiest . And you knew that and helped me heal! Sam, your patience, caring, understanding , support , guidance and mildly decent banter (😂) meant more to me than you will never know. You will forever be a friend now and alas there is no escaping me 😂
You educated me in things I never knew the first time around, and advocated for me until I found a voice to advocate for myself. It’s seems crazy to look back to my first Scans where I couldn’t enter the hospital without a panic attack, or having to leave through an appointment because I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Flash forward to me confidently walking into hospital when my waters broke (prematurely), laughing , joking and staying in on my own in hospital for two days and frankly enjoying the experience - that’s all down to you Sam.
In the past ten months I have never once felt alone or in the dark or uninformed !❤️
Birth can be traumatic, but lord it can be beautiful too ❤️
Midwives may not be superheroes- but mine was bloody close 🦸♀️ ❤️
