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"Birth trauma and wonderful help"

About: Children & Young People Physical Health / Doncaster Health Visitors 0-5

(as the patient),

Had a wonderful lady called Melissa come out to do sessions to talk about my birth trauma and part of it was only being told things like happy babies happy mum and as long as babies are healthy that’s all the matters, I felt completely pushed aside and ignored. I became anxious depressed and worried about having post natal depression. I got help from my health vision Ally who put me in touch with Melissa and my god what a difference that’s made!

After getting to the right channels and getting the help I needed, such as talking to someone who sees things from my side, who’s empathetic and understanding of my fears and someone who listened to how everything went wrong, Melissa got me in touch to have a birth review and that plus Melissa’s talks/visits to home I feel a million(!) times better. Cannot praise this service and the staff enough for how much they’ve helped but massive thanks to Ally and Melissa! They are a massive(!) credit to their teams and I cannot thank them enough!

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Response from Helen Stansfield, Team Leader, Children's Care Group, Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust last month
Helen Stansfield
Team Leader, Children's Care Group,
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Submitted on 10/03/2025 at 17:50
Published on Care Opinion at 17:50


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HI listenxw37

Thank you for taking this time to send you thoughts. It sounds the start of your journey was hard and I am sorry to hear this effected your emotional health. I am so pleased you have been supported by our team in a way that has made you feel listened too.

Lovely to hear Ally was able to listen to your needs and referred you to Melissa. Its great you felt comfortable to open up to Melissa and she was able to support your new journey of feeling and getting better.

I will share your kind words with Ally and Melissa.

And thanks again for sharing

Kind regards Helen

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