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Lori Fitzgerald – FAB Network
Natal Psychotherapist (PND/Birth Trauma Specialist) & Women’s Holistic/Integrative Counsellor Lori is a mother of two and a Natal (Antenatal, Birth and Postnatal) Psychotherapist who specialises in supporting women with anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Shock following birth (also known as Birth Trauma). Lori is one of a limited number of specialist private counsellors in the…
Question: Traumatic birth experience
Q: “I feel a sense of panic and anxiety every time I think about the birth of my second baby three months ago. I just can’t seem to shake off the trauma of the experience – even though it was not a particularly horrific one! I am not depressed generally. What can I do to put…
Posted in Post natal-pregnancy, Pregnancy Tagged Anxiety, birth trauma, depression, Midwife, panic, support Leave a comment
Question: Baby’s position in the womb
Q: “Things went horribly wrong with the birth of my third child. Because he was lying diagonally, he became stuck in deep transverse arrest. I’m now expecting another baby and I’m very nervous. Is there anyone I contact to discuss the last birth and can I get a copy of what was recorded by the hospital?”…
Plagiocephaly (Flat Head Syndrome)
It’s normal for your baby’s head to be slightly misshapen for a few days or even weeks after the birth, usually due to the passage down the birth canal. However, some parents notice a persistent flat spot, often at the back or down one side of their baby’s head which may be an indication of a condition known as…
Anxiety about birth
Anxiety or fear about the birth is very common. It can range from mild anxiety to a phobia of birth, called tocophobia. Anxiety or fear of the birth can happen not only to women who haven’t given birth before, but also to those who have had a previous birth experience which has left them traumatised…
Chiropractic for babies
Imagine the scenario; you’ve fed and winded your baby, changed his nappy, made sure he’s not too hot or too cold, soothed and comforted him, sung his favourite lullabies, and still he’s unsettled. In fact, he’s downright miserable. For many of you, this scene doesn’t need imagining – you’re living it on a daily basis. However, the reason…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health Tagged Babies, Baby, Baby colic, birth trauma, Chiropractic, General Chiropractic Council, Osteopathy, Reflux, Spinal adjustment, syntocinon Leave a comment
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD for short) is different from depression. Anti-depressant drugs do not help, and can even make it worse. Many women who are haunted by what has to be done to them in childbirth are treated by GPs with anti-depressant drugs. What they really need is to be able to talk with someone who understands, a person…
Life after birth
Sheila Kitzinger reveals some truths about what life after birth can be like for some new mums. After the Vietnam War soldiers on both sides who had not suffered any physical injury often became distressed. They had panic attacks and flashbacks to terrible events they had witnessed, but which they were unable to do anything about. The diagnosis…
Posted in Labour and Birth, Post natal-pregnancy Tagged Birth, birth trauma, post-traumatic stress, Sheila Kitzinger Leave a comment
Does counselling help after a traumatic birth?
SPECIAL counselling for women who underwent traumatic births has been found not only to not help reduce the chances of depression but may even have increased the chance of depression. Just over 1,000 women who had given birth by Caesarean section or had forceps or vacuum extraction used to help the baby’s birth were surveyed.…
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