Building Birth Confidence
Building Birth Confidence is the podcast for anyone who is pregnant after a difficult birth, pregnancy loss, or traumatic experience, and who is scared, exhausted, and trying to find a way through.#
I’m Katie, an NHS Mental Health Midwife and Perinatal Trauma Specialist. Every week I bring you honest, clinically informed conversations about the things that rarely get said out loud: the fear, the guilt, the disconnect, the grief that comes with pregnancy after trauma. And the tools, the understanding, and the realistic hope that can make a real difference.
This is not a positive thinking podcast. This is a podcast for people who need more than reassurance. You deserve support that actually meets where you are.
New episodes every week. Start wherever feels right.
Building Birth Confidence
You’re Allowed to Ask Questions
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If you've ever walked out of an appointment thinking, “I didn’t say what I really wanted to say,” or “I wish I’d asked more questions,” this episode is for you.
Katie gently explores how birth trauma can make it harder to speak up during pregnancy and shares simple, practical tools to help you feel more confident and heard in maternity appointments. The episode ends with a short visualisation practice to help you feel calm and grounded before your next conversation about your care.
✨ What you’ll hear:
- Why it’s hard to speak up after trauma, and how to reframe that
- The BRAIN acronym for making clear, confident decisions
- A calming practice to prepare emotionally for appointments
You don’t need to have all the answers. You just need the right to ask, and to be treated with respect when you do.
Connect With Katie:
- Instagram: @birthcarewithkatie
- Facebook: Birthcare with Katie
- Website: Birthcare.co.uk
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