Beautiful, raw, terrifying and sometimes traumatic, giving birth and becoming a mother is an act that changes a woman forever.
As a teacher, triathlete and small business owner, I was always up for a challenge. But becoming a mumma was the hardest challenge I ever faced.
There’s nothing I’m more grateful for in this world than my healthy children. For years I coped with the invisible side effects and pain that came as a result of my traumatic birth injury - in silence.
Today I’m working hard to be brave enough to speak out about my experiences and become the author of my own story.
Bravemumma is a platform to question the way we view and talk about childbirth. It aims to empower women with the information they need to make informed decisions before childbirth and beyond.
Bravemumma is also a community, a mummahood of women lifting each other up and supporting each other to heal.
Get the support you deserve with these tips & tricks. The highly anticipated second book from award winning author and host of The Lowdown with Bravemumma Podcast, Stephanie Thompson.
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The Day My Vagina Broke is a private exploration into bravery and healing when the impacts of trauma are lifelong and permanent.
It makes the case for moving away from a one-size-fits-many approach to how we inform mothers during the antenatal period and shift towards a model of individualised assessment and care.
I wrote it for myself, for my daughter and for all women, everywhere.
Stephanie Thompson - author, advocate and change-maker
Hi there, I’m Stephanie, author of The Day My Vagina Broke and chief Bravemumma. In 2015, I suffered a traumatic childbirth injury that changed my body and my life forever.
I’m now on a mission to share my story and start conversations about how we view childbirth. I want to do everything that I can to stop anything like this from happening to my daughter Elsie.
I live with my loving husband, our two little people and two fat cats on the South Coast of New South Wales. And when I manage to find a spare 32 minutes, I enjoy watching the ABC's The Let Down, while folding the Mt.Washmore of baby clothes with a cup of tea.
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller
