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This blog gathers gentle, in-depth articles on birth trauma, pregnancy after loss, tokophobia and perinatal anxiety. You’ll find practical tools from CBT, compassion-focused and trauma-informed approaches, to help you understand what you’re feeling and how to cope day to day.

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Pregnancy After Miscarriage Anxiety: Affirmations That Truly Support Healing

Pregnancy after miscarriage can feel like living between hope and fear — checking for symptoms, holding your breath before every scan. Affirmations may seem simplistic, but when they’re rooted in psychology and compassion, they can help calm anxiety and create space for hope. Discover gentle affirmations and trauma-aware strategies that truly support healing.

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Coping with Miscarriage Grief and Trauma: A Therapist's Guide to Healing

Coping with Miscarriage Grief and Trauma: A Therapist's Guide to Healing

Miscarriage isn’t just a medical event — it’s a grief that often goes unseen, and a trauma that can quietly reshape how you feel about your body, your future, and even yourself. If you've felt isolated, dismissed, or like your loss "doesn’t count," this post is for you. I explore why miscarriage grief matters deeply — and how therapy can help you hold what feels too heavy to carry alone.

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How to Cope with Scan Anxiety After Miscarriage: Practical Support & Tools

How to Cope with Scan Anxiety After Miscarriage: Practical Support & Tools

Sitting outside the scan clinic 45 minutes early, heart racing, hands clenched — not because you're "just nervous," but because your body remembers the last time. This isn’t ordinary anxiety. If you’ve tried breathing exercises, distractions, and positive thinking but nothing works, you’re not broken. This blog post walks you through why scan anxiety after loss needs more than generic advice — and what actually helps.

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How to Cope with Anxiety in Pregnancy After Miscarriage: CBT Therapy & Support

How to Cope with Anxiety in Pregnancy After Miscarriage?

Pregnancy after miscarriage brings more than hope - it often brings anxiety that lingers quietly in the background of every scan, symptom, and silence. If you're finding it hard to relax into this pregnancy, you're not alone. This article explores why anxiety after loss is so common, how it shows up in everyday moments, and how CBT therapy can offer gentle, practical support without minimising your pain or pushing forced positivity.

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Navigating the Emotional Turbulence of Pregnancy After Loss: Coping Strategies and Support

Pregnancy after a loss is often an emotional whirlwind, filled with fear, anxiety, and grief. Unlike a first pregnancy, where joy and excitement might dominate, Pregnancy After Loss (PAL) is marked by a constant undercurrent of worry and a profound sense of vulnerability. In this post, I explore the unique challenges that come with PAL, from the shifting beliefs about pregnancy and parenthood to the emotional toll of navigating antenatal appointments that once brought joy but now carry the weight of past trauma.

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