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Episode Synopsis
This week on the podcast, Hannah shares her experience of having her baby in September 2020. The British Government had just launched their “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme but as you’ll hear, Hannah wasn’t allowed to have her husband with her while she was induced and laboured alone in hospital. An ordeal that lasted 33 hours.
During her pregnancy and after her baby was born, Hannah knew her mental health was deteriorating but was told by a midwife “people were dying” and she “needed to get on with it”.
Your host is Phillippa Guillou, a journalist and radio presenter whose own baby was born at the height of the pandemic. You can get in touch with Phillippa here or follow her on Twitter.
If you’ve struggled with any of the topics we’ve raised in today’s episode, please see the links below for help and support.
Birth Trauma Association - https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/
Pandas Foundation - https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/what-is-pnd/birth-trauma/
MIND - https://bit.ly/35Lbaos
NHS Report into babies born in lockdown - https://bit.ly/3tQuit4
During her pregnancy and after her baby was born, Hannah knew her mental health was deteriorating but was told by a midwife “people were dying” and she “needed to get on with it”.
Your host is Phillippa Guillou, a journalist and radio presenter whose own baby was born at the height of the pandemic. You can get in touch with Phillippa here or follow her on Twitter.
If you’ve struggled with any of the topics we’ve raised in today’s episode, please see the links below for help and support.
Birth Trauma Association - https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/
Pandas Foundation - https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/what-is-pnd/birth-trauma/
MIND - https://bit.ly/35Lbaos
NHS Report into babies born in lockdown - https://bit.ly/3tQuit4
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