Kim: “I’m sad I didn’t get the healing experience I was hoping for”

Natalie: “Even though we’re not in a lockdown, Covid still impacted my birth experience”

Sarah: “Had I not phoned that day, I might not be here now”

Gabrielle: “It was torturous at times”

Birth Trauma Association: Navigating a second pregnancy after birth trauma

Charlotte: “It broke me down to the lowest I have ever been”

Katy: “He missed her birth by literally 10 minutes”

Gemma: “When the baby cried, I couldn’t get to her”

Hannah: “I was blown away by the lack of empathy for what we were going through.”

Destiny: “A Covid test was stopping us from being together.”

Rebecca: “No one had any definite answers”

The Fatherhood Institute: “Those first few hours are really important moments”

Daisie: “Nobody should be forced to be alone in that situation”

Parent Infant Foundation: “We’re really cross at how the government has responded to babies during the pandemic.”

Jenna B: “I’m still angry about having that news delivered solo”

Midwife Laura: “It was very difficult to see the key principles of midwifery being eroded”

Best Beginnings: “They told us they were not ok, but they were trying to cope”

Anna: “These babies have been completely abandoned for 2 years now”

Francesca: “When you take away choice, that causes lasting trauma”

Natasha: “It was lonely to be in there by yourself”