Birth Reflection Session
£90.00
A session to reflect on and process your birth experience, offering emotional support and guidance.
The journey through childbirth is deeply personal and transformative, but sometimes, things don’t unfold as expected. If your birth experience was challenging, traumatic, or left you feeling unsettled, the birth reflection session offers a compassionate space to reflect, process, and make sense of what happened.
During the Birth Debriefing session, we’ll explore the events of your birth, helping you to understand and reconcile the experience, whether it was different from what you had planned, or whether unexpected circumstances arose. This session is tailored to your needs and can be particularly helpful if you are navigating feelings of disappointment, confusion, or grief after a difficult birth.
The Birth Debriefing includes:
Personal Reflection: A safe, supportive environment where you can talk through your birth story, expressing your emotions, thoughts, and any concerns.
Understanding Your Experience: Together, we’ll help you piece together what happened during your birth, providing clarity and helping you identify how it may impact future pregnancies or births.
Hospital Notes Review: If you choose, I can review your hospital notes with you, helping you interpret any medical information or decisions made during your birth. You must request a copy of your notes from the hospital prior to your appointment; this can take several weeks. Please see your hospital’s website in order to request medical records and expected processing time. I cannot do this for you.
Emotional Support: Guidance on how to process complex emotions and experiences, with suggestions for moving forward and using your birth experience to empower your next journey.
Future Birth Planning: If needed, we can discuss how this birth experience may influence your choices for future pregnancies, providing reassurance and empowering you to make informed decisions.
A birth reflection session typically lasts around one to two hours and provides you with the time and space to reflect. This session is an important step in understanding your journey and creating a positive outlook for future births.
Online or in person (Areas covered in person: Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Somerset)
Please contact me to book your appointment.