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How Our Own Birth Experience Shapes Pregnancy & Birth (And Why We Need to Talk About It)
When we talk about pregnancy and birth, we tend to focus on this birth—the baby that’s coming, the labour that’s ahead, the choices that need to be made. But what we don’t talk about nearly enough is the birth that has already happened. Your birth. The way you came...
Tokophobia and the Birth Industry: Why We’re Failing Women
For an industry dedicated to supporting women through pregnancy and birth, we are missing something huge. We talk about birth trauma. We talk about perinatal anxiety. We talk about informed choice, autonomy, and consent. But what about tokophobia—the extreme fear of...
Why Birth Education Doesn’t Work for Women with Tokophobia
For many women, learning about pregnancy and birth is an empowering experience. Knowledge is power, right? That’s why birth education classes, hypnobirthing, and prenatal workshops are widely recommended to help women prepare for childbirth. But for women with...
How Unhealed Tokophobia Can Affect You in Unexpected Ways
Many women assume that if they avoid pregnancy, tokophobia won’t impact their lives. But that’s not how this particular fear works. Unhealed tokophobia doesn’t just disappear when you decide not to have kids.Instead, it can show up in unexpected and disruptive ways —...
We’ve Got Tokophobia All Wrong — And It’s Hurting Women
Tokophobia is one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed fears that women face. Doctors dismiss it.Therapists often don’t recognise it.And society as a whole tends to downplay or ignore it altogether. But the way we talk about tokophobia is deeply flawed — and...
Could Your Own Birth Be Shaping Your Fears About Pregnancy and Birth?
If the idea of pregnancy and birth fills you with fear, it might not just be about what you know — but also about what you experienced before you even had words for it. Your own birth story, whether you consciously remember it or not, could be fuelling deep-seated...
Why Fearless Birthing Is a Game-Changer for Birth Professionals
The Problem with Traditional Birth Prep If you’re a birth professional—whether you’re a doula, midwife, perinatal therapist, or childbirth educator—you’ve probably seen it firsthand: Some women just can’t relax into birth prep. They tense up during hypnobirthing...
What tokophobia program is right for me?
Making the decision to tackle tokophobia is not always easy. Mainly because finding someone who understands how you feel AND who can help you is difficult. There aren't many people who specialise in working with women who suffer from tokophobia. When...