• 4: Birth injuries: perineal trauma, healing and recovery

  • Feb 6 2025
  • Length: 42 mins
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4: Birth injuries: perineal trauma, healing and recovery

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  • This week our host Theo is joined by Chloë Oliver, the CEO of the Masic Foundation, and affected mother Sarah Embleton to talk about birth injuries. They share information on what birth injuries are, covering everything from perineal tears to living with symptoms such as incontinence, and provide some practical advice for affected mums and their families.

    Topics that we discuss on the show include: risk and knowledge in advance of injuries; instrumental delivery and informed consent; long term costs of injuries; women not being listened to; lessons from the UK Birth Trauma Inquiry; the major impacts on day to day life as an affected mother; work and impact/adjustments; wider impact on family, friends, relationships and bonding with baby; psychological impacts of these injuries including anxiety, PTSD and depression.

    Don't suffer in silence! Listen in and let's break the final taboo in women's health #breakingthetaboo.

    Website: https://masic.org.uk/
    Talking to your GP: https://masic.org.uk/getting-help/gp-support/
    Employment advice: https://masic.org.uk/getting-help/employment-support/
    Instrumental delivery survey: https://masic.org.uk/news/womens-experiences-of-instrumental-delivery-in-the-uk/
    Impact of birth injuries on mother/baby bond survey: https://masic.org.uk/news/masic-foundation-first-five-years-survey-impact-of-severe-perineal-injury/

    This podcast is sponsored by the law firm Irwin Mitchell.

    DISCLAIMER: This show is not intended to be medical advice please seek advice from a GP or Doctor.

    Website: http://www.theo-clarke.org.uk/podcast
    Instagram: @theoclarkemp
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