These fourteen poems form a love letter to the transformative power of birth and offer a searingly honest portrait of maternal mental health in early motherhood.

The poems 'Walking Wounded' and 'Healing' which are featured in the Make Birth Better training, describe a journey from a boundary violation in hospital which retriggered past sexual trauma to the subsequent process of recovery achieved through the loving bond between a mother and her newborn son, the support of family and committed personal therapy.

The collection has been used by many therapists and birth practitioners to support women in the pre and post-natal period. Kate's hope is to support as many women as she can through her words. 

Illustrated by award-winning medical illustrator and founder of Inktuition: Merlin Evans. You can see more examples of Merlin's work at www.drawntomedicine.com