Sheila Kitzinger's Birth Crisis Network was set up as a telephone "counselling" service for women with PTSD resulting from childbirth.

I went to a workshop on this at her house in Oxfordshire some years ago - it was just becoming an acknowledged issue in the UK then (as opposed to PND).  There was a wonderful psychologist based at the John Radcliffe in Oxford that specialised in PTSD resulting from childbirth, and who worked with SK on this.  She set up a debriefing service (Birth Afterthoughts) by which women (and men) could meet with a midwife, and go through their notes of their labour and birth (no matter how long ago) if they felt it might help them.  There are now several similar services throughout the UK.

Debbie Slater
Perth, WA

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