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Redcliffe Hospital Senior Staff Specialist Dr Alka has always cared about improved health outcomes for mums and bubs – but she cares about partners during pregnancy too, and wants to see more support for them.
Through her research, Alka has interviewed many fathers and partners on their experience in the hospital system during birth and pregnancy and is now looking at how we can offer better supports for partners during what is considered a traumatic birth.
“There can be a range of reasons for a traumatic birth, which might be a physical or medical issue with the mother or baby, or it might be a psychological issue or even due to social constraints – and everyone’s perception of this will be different,” Dr Alka said.
“Birth can be so demanding, but we know that well-informed and well-supported partners are an untapped resource to assist mums and to improving women’s health overall, as well as intergenerational health.
“The next part of the research is that we are now looking to recruit fathers and birth partners to help us co-design resources for professionals and establish what else we can do to support the whole family during the birth process.” 🏥
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![Redcliffe Hospital Senior Staff Specialist Dr Alka has always cared about improved health outcomes for mums and bubs – but she cares about partners during pregnancy too, and wants to see more support for them.
Through her research, Alka has interviewed many fathers and partners on their experience in the hospital system during birth and pregnancy and is now looking at how we can offer better supports for partners during what is considered a traumatic birth.
“There can be a range of reasons for a traumatic birth, which might be a physical or medical issue with the mother or baby, or it might be a psychological issue or even due to social constraints – and everyone’s perception of this will be different,” Dr Alka said.
“Birth can be so demanding, but we know that well-informed and well-supported partners are an untapped resource to assist mums and to improving women’s health overall, as well as intergenerational health.
“The next part of the research is that we are now looking to recruit fathers and birth partners to help us co-design resources for professionals and establish what else we can do to support the whole family during the birth process.” 🏥
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If you are interested in participating in the research, you can submit an expression of interest here: medical-school.uq.edu.au/supporting-partners-experiencing-traumatic-pregnancy-and-childbirth-towa...
How about letting them stay with their partners over night to bond and spend time with their new baby?
Alka you do a great job
Rebecca Louise
I had a very traumatic and horrible experience birthing my child at Redcliffe last year. My partner was left in a room for hours wondering if me and my daughter were alive let alone okay, with no communication at all. That was only one of the negative experiences we had, there were quite a few more from there on. I think there’s a lot of changes that could be made to better support mums & partners during traumatic birth events!
