bta in the news
BTA spokespeople have been extensively quoted in stories about maternity, and a number of our members have featured as case studies in stories about traumatic birth. You can see a selection of the stories below.
2024
‘Women feel like failures if they haven’t had a “normal” birth’: how the NCT has shaped childbirth in the UK The Guardian, 27/08/2024
NHS staff treat birthing mothers ‘with a lack of respect’ The Times, 14/7/2024
Birth trauma inquiry: Good pregnancy care exception not the rule The Times, 12/5/2024
My son and I were scarred for life by his traumatic birth Daily Express 22/04/2024
Why Are So Many Women Left Traumatised By Birth? Grazia, 13/04/2024
'Overwhelming' response to birth trauma inquiry BBC, 25/02/2024
‘Real taboo’: include birth trauma in UK women’s health strategy, MP urges The Guardian, 9/01/2024
2023
Half of women have traumatic births put off having more children, study suggests Daily Mail, 15/09/2023
2022
A third of new mothers are traumatised by childbirth, but there’s one easy way to help The Guardian 30/05/2022
2020
'There's nothing natural about giving birth in agony' Daily Mail, 11/03/2020
2019
First-time mother: postnatal PTSD 'made me want to kill my husband' The Herald, 30/6/2019
2018
‘Yes he’s alive but I’m not OK’: the bloody truth about childbirth The Guardian, 19/09/2018
Giving birth left me with PTSD, Mirror Online 27/6/2018
As more women opt to deliver their baby by Caesarean, why are so many of them too terrified to give birth a second time? Daily Mail, 06/06/2018
I pleaded with midwife not to let me die Belfast Telegraph, 27/02/2018
2017
Birth trauma: Women urged to ‘raise your voices’ BBC, 13 August, 2017
‘I feel a loss for what was supposed to be magical birth experience’ BabyCentre, 14 August, 2017
Severe birth trauma has left me terrified of having another child The Guardian, 17 August, 2017
I had a shit birth. Here’s six reasons I really want others to know HuffPo, 18 August, 2017
Struggling after giving birth? You’re not alone BBC, 19 August, 2017
I felt like a stranger in my own body HuffPo, 20 August, 2017
'I would start to act as though I was giving birth again’ Good to Know, 26 August, 2017
Training videos
As part of our educational work with health professionals we created a video training course on birth trauma and trauma informed care. Here’s the trailer – view the full videos and download training materials on our training page, and find out more about prevention and diagnosis across our site.
Birth Stories