Trigger warning: In this episode we talk about birth trauma and Hannah’s personal experience of this. If you don’t feel ready to listen right now, please take care of yourself and come back when the time feels right 💛

In this episode, we’re joined by Hannah, who we first met when she was a student at Norland College. Hannah shares her experience of the traumatic birth of her daughter, and why she feels so strongly about raising awareness and supporting other parents who may be going through something similar.

We talk about the importance of having someone to advocate for you during pregnancy and birth, and what can happen when that support isn’t there. Hannah reflects on her experience in hospital, the moments and interactions that have stayed with her, and how it felt to meet her daughter for the first time in NICU. She also shares the ongoing impact once they returned home, from feeling overlooked and unsupported, to navigating continued concerns and ‘red flags’ in her baby’s care.

We also explore how birth trauma doesn’t always end when you leave the hospital. Hannah opens up about the time it took to for her to realise she needed to seek support, finally doing so through her GP, the emotional toll it had on her relationships, and the difficult decision-making process when considering having another baby, including the support she received from a birth trauma therapist.

This conversation highlights how important it is that parents feel heard, supported and cared for and raises important questions about how maternity services can better support families. Hannah also shares her thoughts on the need for greater awareness of birth trauma and why she is supporting calls for maternity reform.

Hannah talked to us about a petition currently circulating around maternity reform. This is being debated on 20 April 2026 and, if you are listening before the deadline of 7 July 2026, she (and we) would urge you to sign it.

Sign the petition here

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Our podcast episode (September 2025) with Trudi Webber from Make Birth Better, was all about what birth trauma is, how it can happen along with tips for looking after yourself emotionally when preparing for, during and after birth – you can listen to this episode here

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Claire wasn’t a really sicky child (Becks was!) but she has a phobia of sick so this was a great topic for her!!

We talked about:

1. Sickness bugs (aren’t they a gift..!) and some tips to help.
2. Getting sick off a carpet – use shaving foam!
3. Sick phobias and parenting – it's a real thing.
4. Dehydration – the signs to look for.
5. How children should be 48 hours clear before going back to nursery or school and why (and no swimming for 2 weeks). They will probably tell nursery anyway!!
6. Foods to help with recuperation.
7. Triggers for sickness and how they can continue (think of that drink that made you sick 😉)
8. How sickness bugs creep up on you with no warning – you just have to go with it (but make sure you are ready with a sick bowl, kitchen roll and marigolds!)!

Always remember to seek medical advice (GP, Pharmacist or 111) if you are worried.

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A topic that we are contacted about quite regularly – we absolutely expect broken sleep in the first months, and then sleep is really good (whatever that means to us) then it starts to change and feels like it’s all gone wrong...

1. Don’t panic! - we talk about all the things that could be impacting this and the possible reasons why sleep has changed.
2. How illness can impact on children’s sleep and how to get back to a routine that suits you with the least amount of upset.
3. Feeling scared and how this can affect sleep (we have some blogs on how to help with this).
4. Situations when little ones are disturbed because they are practicing things like crawling, rolling, babbling etc.
5. How routines (daytime and bedtime) can affect sleep.
6. Sleep associations – whatever children go to sleep with they will look for it to help settle them back off in the night when they wake up.
7. Treating it like a puzzle and the importance of taking notes so you can see any patterns.
8. How nothing is unfixable and everything is sortable (and we are here to help with a Bespoke Family Parent Consultation if you need it!)!

Our sleep blogs - https://www.bespokefamily.co.uk/blog/category/Sleep

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