Birth Reflections Service

We hope your birth was a good experience. But for some people, birth can be hard. It can leave you feeling worried, sad, or upset.

There are many reasons why birth may feel difficult:

Everyone feels differently, and all feelings are important.

How we can help

Birth Reflections is a service run by midwives. It gives you time and space to:

This can help make difficult memories easier to manage.

You can use this service if you:

Please bring your birth partner with you.

We suggest waiting until at least 6 weeks after your baby is born. This gives your body and mind time to recover.

After this, you can come at any time. There is no time limit. You can come:

Please fill in the Birth Reflections referral form. This helps us understand what you need and how we can support you.

Complaints: This is not a complaints service, but we can help you find out how to make a complaint.
Location: Appointments are at Torbay Hospital.
Hospital visits: If coming to the hospital feels difficult or upsetting, please tell us and we will try to help.

First name (required)

Last name (required)

Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) (required)

Hospital number (if known)

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Date of baby's birth or Estimated Delivery Date if pregnant (DD/MM/YYYY) (required)

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Please tell us what you hope to achieve from a birth reflections session (required)

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