Sacred Birth Centre - Post Natal Insights Survey

This survey has been created to enable anyone who has insights and feelings to share connected to their experiences with the post natal phase of the perinatal journey.

The insights collected here will become part of the post natal installation at the Birth Stories project 'My Birth My Voice' exhibition taking place from September 26th to 27th at the Assembly Rooms in Glastonbury. Contributions will remain anonymous. We value the importance of including as many views and experiences as possible.

For more information about the exhibition please click here.

We have decided to include an area in the exhibition on post natal experiences, because it is often a really challenging time for many new parents. Approximately 1 in 5 women experience post natal mental health issues. The increase in these problems, including: postnatal depression, anxiety and PTSD is usually influenced by hormonal shifts, sleep deprivation and a reduction in community support.

We are encouraging you to be as honest as possible in the responses below, especially in terms of those aspects of life that felt intrusive or overwhelming to you during the post natal period.

Thank you for taking the time to share with us on this important topic.

NOTE -

Please refer to just one post natal experience when answering the questions below and you are welcome to do the survey again if you have had more than one child.

This survey will be open until June 30th.

1. In what capacity have you experienced the post natal period

As a mother or birthing person

As a father

Other

2. On a scale of 1-10, where 1 represents poor and 10 represents very good, please indicate your overall sense of your post natal experience. (Please focus on one experience only here)

3. What would have made your experience(s) easier if you have given a lower score above?

4. Please share a little more about your experience below (it is fine to use key words or short phrases here).

5. What felt intrusive or unhelpful to you during your post natal experience? (Such as your own self doubt, people calling or visiting when you needed rest, social media, others views on baby care and so on).

6. What did you feel or think in relation to this intrusive or unhelpfulness that you experienced? For example if you felt that people coming round to hold the baby was not helpful, a thought on this could be 'People want to hold the baby not clean and cook, which is what I desperately need help with'. (Please be as honest as you like with this, as we feel it is important to capture one's authentic responses to such).

7. What aspects of post natal life did you appreciate or find helpful?

8. What three words come to your mind when you think of post natal?

Thank you for sharing your insights.

Contact details (optional).

What is your full name?

What is your email address?

Are you happy to be added to our newsletter list (if you have provided your contact details)?

Yes

Use of your information for Sacred Birth Centre service developments

We feel it would be useful to refer to data gained from this survey also for other aspects of our work and service development, if you are happy to have your contributions used in this way (without need to share your identity) please see below

Do you consent to your survey responses being used to support our service development in the future?

Yes

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