Recovering from Birth Trauma
This blog is the third in a series of three exploring the experience of birth trauma. In the first blog, I provided a model for understanding how birth trauma happens and why it’s so debilitating. In the second, I shared some real life stories of some of my clients...
Stories of Birth Trauma
In my previous blog, Understanding Birth Trauma, I provided a context and a model for understanding what actually happens during birth trauma and why it’s so debilitating. If you haven’t read that one yet, then have a quick look before reading further. In this...
Understanding Birth Trauma
Birth trauma is so common in our modern world that it’s accepted as ‘normal’. Yet it’s not normal, nor is it what nature intended. In the next three blogs, I’ll be unpacking the issue of birth trauma to shed some light on this distressing experience. In this blog,...
Polycystic Ovaries and the Ecology of the Female Body
Uterine tube, SEM One of my friends rang me recently with the news: “I’ve been diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome.” Twenty years ago, I heard this diagnosis too. On the ultrasound, my ovaries looked like bunches of grapes. However, despite the state of...