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Fiona Woollard, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton

How inclusive language can help to reduce birth trauma

Labour and birth. Heather Spears. Source: Wellcome Collection, CC BY

How would you feel if you had just given birth and people kept calling you the wrong name, or got wrong central facts about your identity? Perinatal care covers pregnancy, labour, birth and the period immediately after birth. These are often times when we are at our most vulnerable.

A recent report from the UK’s parliament into birth trauma has put perinatal care into the spotlight, but the mainstream discussion has largely ignored the experiences of LGBTQ+ families.

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