*Trigger Warning in this episode we discuss birth trauma, infant death and mental health issues, please find helpful links and resources in the show notes*
Megan Harrison is a Clinical Psychologist who currently works in the perinatal space and is passionate about Birth Trauma & Postnatal Depression, she is here to help normalise, share and educate.
Megan’s passion for perinatal mental health has only grown more after becoming a mother to her daughter Stevie in 2020. She has a deep understanding of the challenges that can come along with not only motherhood and postpartum but also pregnancy and trauma during birth.
In this episode we discuss Birth Trauma and what it is, how it is defined, what are the main contributors and how it can best be prevented in subsequent births.
We know up to 1 in 3 women experience the birth of their baby as traumatic, this trauma can result from not only what happens during labour and childbirth, but also how a mother feels as a result of her experience.
Finally Megan explains some of the common experiences she is presented with when a patient has experienced birth trauma, the best ways to address this trauma, how to seek the right help and support and the trends that are occurring during the pandemic and lockdowns regarding mental in health in women after having a baby.
Megan is not only kind and compassionate but also a wealth of knowledge, along with her colleagues at The Centre for Perinatal Health & Parenting. They provide so many helpful and necessary services to mothers and families in Ballarat.
You can find Megan at The Centre for Perinatal Health & Parenting in Ballarat, all relevant information is linked below:
The Centre for Perinatal Health & Parenting:
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/perinatalhealth.parenting/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/perinatalhealth.parenting
PANDA:https://www.panda.org.au/info-support/after-birth/child-birth-trauma
THE AUSTRALASIAN BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION: https://www.birthtrauma.org.au/
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