by mel scott | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog, Maternal mental health
This week is maternal mental health week. It’s 9 and 10 years since I had my babies (the ones that fall within the “perinatal mental health period” anyway), but I still struggle with my mental health. It was a long time before I spoke or wrote openly about how bad...
by mel scott | Feb 16, 2019 | Blog, Stillbirth reduction
This blog post has been percolating for a long time in my head. I am stepping back from raising awareness of the need to reduce stillbirth. This is probably not going to be noticeable to anyone but myself. I am going to withdraw myself from conversations on social...
by mel scott | Feb 2, 2019 | Blog, Midwife
I regularly see student midwives, and newly qualified midwives expressing concern about how they can provide support in a stillbirth situation. It is natural to feel worried about something we have never done before – particularly when we know that that...
by mel scott | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Stillbirth reduction
You don’t have to spend very much time walking the line between birthworker and bereaved parent before you realise that stillbirth is still this big, scary mystery. 9 years on from the death of my son, there is still much to be done to change the conversation about...
by mel scott | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog
Losing a baby is an isolating experience, there is no doubt about it. But I was surprised when I was blessed with my rainbow baby, to find that I remained isolated. With hindsight I understand that having my rainbow just 1 year, 1 month and 8 days after Finley died...
by mel scott | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog
Dear family in the pool…. You’ll probably never see this letter, or realise it refers to you. After all nothing out of the ordinary occurred. You enjoyed playing catch in the pool – a grandad and his grandson & grandaughter. Your fun effortlessly...
