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
I'm Scared to Give Birth Again - And Nobody Gets It
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If you're pregnant again after a difficult birth or pregnancy experience, and you're scared, and exhausted, and wondering why you can't just feel excited like everyone else seems to, this episode is for you. In this first episode of Series 2, Katie names what fear after perinatal trauma actually looks like from the inside, and why none of it is weakness.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why fear after birth trauma shows up differently to ordinary pregnancy anxiety
- The four ways it tends to look in real life: avoidance, catastrophising, isolation, and guilt
- Why the people around you might not understand, and why that's not your fault
- Why 'thinking positive' doesn't reach this kind of fear, and what does
- A simple grounding tool you can use today when the fear feels like too much
PRACTICAL TOOL THIS WEEK:
The 3-2-1 grounding technique - a body-based tool that brings your nervous system into the present moment when fear takes over.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Free Trauma-Informed Birth Plan Workbook | Birthcare with Katie
30-Day Calm & Confident Birth Challenge (free)
https://birthcare.co.uk/30-day-mindset-challenge
Better Birth Anxiety Workbook — The Birthcare Collection
https://birthcare.co.uk/products-list
Birth Without Fear: Essentials for a Better Birth
https://birthcare.co.uk/birth-without-fear
CONNECT WITH KATIE:
Instagram: @birthcarewithkatie
Website: https://birthcare.co.uk/
With compassion,
Katie - NHS Mental Health Midwife | Perinatal Trauma Specialist