This week our host, Theo Clarke, is joined by Auriana Griffiths, Partner and Head of the Medical Negligence Department at Irwin Mitchell’s London office, and Julianne Boutaleb, Consultant Perinatal Psychologist and Director of the Parenthood In Mind practice, to discuss avoiding family breakdown after birth trauma.

Topics that we discuss on the show include: how birth trauma impacts couples’ relationships; bonding difficulties following birth injuries; the impact on wider family and siblings; importance of communication; impact of traumatic birth on physical intimacy; how dads and partners experience trauma as “forgotten fathers”; what parents can do to support themselves and each other; the impact of returning to work with financial/medical pressures; consequences of medical negligence; mental health support, early intervention and available UK resources; and examples of families who have positively worked through birth trauma.

BIOGRAPHIES

Auriana Griffiths is a highly experienced Partner and Head of the Medical Negligence Department at Irwin Mitchell’s London office. Auriana specialises in high-value clinical negligence cases, with a particular focus on obstetric incidents resulting in brain injuries, paediatric brain injury, wrongful birth claims, maternal injuries and spinal injuries. Renowned for her strategic litigation and relentless client advocacy, she prioritises early liability decisions to secure essential interim payments for therapy, care and equipment, making a transformative difference in the lives of affected clients and their families. Auriana is recognised in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 in the top ranks of clinical negligence specialists.

https://www.irwinmitchell.com/our-people/auriana-griffiths

Julianne Boutaleb is the Clinical Director and Founder of the Parenthood In Mind practice and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She is a passionate and highly experienced perinatal psychologist who has worked for over 23 years in the NHS and private practice with parents and parents-to-be and their babies (and bumps) who have needed support with a wide variety of perinatal mental health issues during and after pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth and reproductive loss, attachment issues, re-emergence of childhood issues and couples issues.

Instagram: @parenthoodinmind

Birth Trauma Association:

https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/

This podcast is sponsored by the law firm Irwin Mitchell.

DISCLAIMER: This show is not intended to be medical advice – please seek advice from a GP or doctor.

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