![A super personal post from me today. As many of you know, we had what I can only describe as traumatic birth and period ...](https://img5.evepla.com/429/952/615739074299524.jpg)
16/01/2025
A super personal post from me today.
As many of you know, we had what I can only describe as traumatic birth and period in hospital post birth with our second daughter. Yes, she was 6 weeks premature but actually the building itself played a big part in the trauma caused. The care for myself and the care for my premature daughter was in different units and some distance from one another meaning we were apart for significantly more time than it needed to be. Not to mention the additional stress it caused my husband to be in separate units. The experience was horrendous and still something I have flashbacks for 18months post partum.
My understanding is this new unit would bring all care around maternity and baby care closer together and I am hugely in support of this. The consultation is open and they need support to get financial backing. Please if you can sign and support, distribute and share the information. There are approximately 700 births in Leeds every months. There are lots of us able to sign this and support the new, up to date facilities our family and children need and deserve.
We won’t be having another child but if this gets the backing it will fundamentally change the experience that other families have moving forward. I know from the work I do that many of your own lived experiences were traumatic but I also know how amazing some births can be (our first as an example). Please, together, let’s make the latter more prevalent.
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/about/future/hospitals-future/public-engagement/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2w4yfuGmCkBFpjKiMfAIyyF8H2wDFkDBxDZJd8nrqj12wpGdZsP9h_AvI_aem_1aGBt7nE4tD4y8YlsWRCQQ
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