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Dana Chandler-Brown

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Dana Chandler-Brown is a veterinary nurse, writer, and adoring, often exhausted mother to two. She uses writing to help her make sense of the world she’s raising them in.

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Birth trauma is real – and we need to start talking about it

Giving birth can be a traumatic experience for some women and when that happens recovery can take a long time. Dana Chandler-Brown writes about her personal experience of birth trauma, and why we should be doing more to support mothers going through it.

By Dana Chandler-Brown | 27th October, 2016