Essential reading for healthcare professionals to better understand and recognise postnatal PTSD and support parents
Kim Thomas is the CEO of the Birth Trauma Association. She is a freelance journalist writing on health, education and social care and has written extensively for national newspapers, including the Guardian, the Independent and the Financial Times. Kim has also delivered presentations on birth trauma at conferences and training sessions for midwives and obstetricians. http: //kimthomas.co.uk/
Shona McCann is a midwife with 28 years experience and in 2013 the first permanent specialist PMH Midwife in Scotland. Shona has won multiple awards, appeared in publications, television and radio. She developed midwife clinics for women with mental health issues, is the Maternity Lead in the PMH MCN, is the chair of the PMH midwives meeting in Scotland with the MCN, vice chair of the RCM PMH forum and regularly presents at conferences. She has also advised Maternity services across the UK on the development of PMH midwifery provision.
I was moved to tears by these powerful stories of birth trauma,
linked by a digest of historical context and research evidence.
Expert compassionate care can prevent damaging psychosocial
consequences for women and families, whilst professionals
themselves need to be shown the same kindness. This book is often
heart-breaking but ultimately hopeful.
*Dr Jane Morris, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist and Medical
Psychotherapist*
A well-informed, comprehensive book based on research evidence and
people's experiences of postnatal PTSD. Essential reading for
maternity care professionals.
*Professor Susan Ayers, City, University of London*
The importance of this book cannot be overestimated. Not only do
the authors provide a comprehensive theoretical understanding and
practical tool for practitioners, each chapter is steeped in
compassion and understanding. This book provides all of us working
in the perinatal landscape a brilliantly evidenced and researched
tool to better understand perinatal PTSD with compassion and
understanding. We are the first generation to understand trauma in
such depth and this book provides a clear, well researched analysis
brought to life with women's stories. This is a great tool for
professionals which I hope leads to high quality and compassionate
care for all women during the perinatal period.
*Laura Seebohm, Maternal Mental Health Alliance*
We don't usually do book reviews, but this is informative and
timely work. As it says at the end; a maternity care system that
recognises that birth can be traumatic, and that emphasises
kindness, dignity, and respect, works better for everyone -
midwives, obstetricians, mothers, and babies. Kim and Shona's
expertise and experience, plus the stories from women, their
partners and professionals involved in care, illuminates the book.
Running though it all, from the history and recognition of PTSD to
how it manifests as postnatal PTSD linked to traumatic birth, is
the importance of good communication and listening to women and
their partners. It also has a chapter on recognising and suggesting
help for the often forgotten or ignored secondary traumatic stress
and moral injury that can be experienced by midwives, obstetricians
and other professionals who've been present at a traumatic
birth
*The Nursing and Midwifery Council*
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