Blood soaked sheets on Maternity Wards without help. Evidence was given about babies who were injured during birth and many women said they werent listened to. Birth trauma is thought to affect 30,000 women a year in the uk, a term which refers to negative birth experiences such as serious blood loss and Emergency Cesarean is. One in 20 women developed post Traumatic Stress disorder. Its women developed postTraumatic Stress disorder. Stress disorder. Its really patronising. Stress disorder. Its really patronising, in stress disorder. Its really patronising, in my stress disorder. Its really. Patronising, in my opinion, stress disorder. Its really patronising, in my opinion, not to give women the information about what its like to have a baby because we are able to cope with this kind of information. The report from an allparty this kind of information. The report from an allParty Parliamentary i from an all Party Parliamentary group calls for urgent change, including ending the Postcode Lottery on perinatal care, call for a new Maternity Commissioner to be appointed and the government to publish a new National Maternity strategy. The report also calls for more support for partners of those having a baby and for ethnic minorities. The findings of the inquiry will be officially presented today and the Health Minister will set out the governments response. Louisa pilbeam, bbc news. Staying with the story, lets join the Nikki Campbell programme on the bbc� s 5 live as they take calls from people who have experienced this issue personally. Most other developed countries, the question we are asking, what the hell is going on . This is after the countrys first parliamentary inquiries into birth trauma has found shockingly poor quality in maternity services. It is estimated 30,000 women a year in the uk alone have suffered negative experiences. 0ne have suffered negative experiences. One in 20 developed post Traumatic Stress disorder. We have been talking about this for half an hour already on the radio on radio 5 live. You join us on bbc news. We had an incredible call from jess detailing every twist and turn of her nightmare experience. Currently on the line we have eugene yu. Hi, again, and hannah in hitchen. Youre talking about, pick up the story, three months premature, and then you are taken from one side of the hospital to the other. I think one of the things which a lot of people may want to address is the lack of communication, the message is not getting to you about actually what was happening. I think it was alljust a bit chaotic because as i said earlier i dont think i really believed how far along i was and then i was ten centimetres dilated, pushing, and having to be transferred to another room. And i was asking for quite a lot of pain relief. I was asking for pain relief and i was told to any it is too early, cant happen yet. I had had a little bit. And all of a sudden it was too late and i felt frustrated by that because i had been really clear with what i had wanted. And another thing that happened, there is quite a lot of shift change and a midwife came in and was talking about me in front of me and didnt know my name. Tojust have someone so blatantly talking and not knowing my name in front of me. It and not knowing my name in front of me. , ~ and not knowing my name in front of me. , ~. , me. It is Little Things like that, isnt it . Basic. Me. It is Little Things like that, isnt it . Basic. It me. It is Little Things like that, isnt it . Basic. It gave me. It is Little Things like that, isnt it . Basic. It gave me me. It is Little Things like that, isnt it . Basic. It gave me no l isnt it . Basic. It gave me no feelin isnt it . Basic. It gave me no feeling that isnt it . Basic. It gave me no feeling that i isnt it . Basic. It gave me no feeling that i was isnt it . Basic. It gave me no feeling that i was being isnt it . Basic. It gave me no l feeling that i was being looked after. So yeah, it was just quite a stressful traumatic birth. I didnt really feel like i was listened to. The second birth i had, so more recently, was at a different hospital. It was still traumatic. 0bviously hospital. It was still traumatic. Obviously i had a lot of trauma from the first time. I had counselling while i was pregnant with my second child and to help processing the birth trauma. Ifound child and to help processing the birth trauma. I found that really useful and it also gave me a little bit more confidence, trying to be able to articulate my needs. I think one of the things i found with my son was that i felt very out of control. Ifelt like son was that i felt very out of control. I felt like things were being done to me and it was happening around me and i didnt really have much control over it. But yeah, the counselling was helpful in between because the idea of going through the birth again when pregnant with my second was a really hard thing to contemplate. It sounds like you so needed it. Goodness me. Dont go too far away. Lets share experiences. You genie in a second and amanda in northampton. Allow me to go to amanda first. Thank you, amanda. Your experience, another very 1. Yeah, hi, nicky. It was very traumatic yeah, hi, nicky. It was very traumatic. From the moment i got in, i will traumatic. From the moment i got in, iwiii start traumatic. From the moment i got in, i will start from the actual story. I will start from the actual story. Iwas i will start from the actual story. I was actually in pain, i was induced i was actually in pain, i was induced. Within a couple of hours of being induced. Within a couple of hours of being induced i started having contractions. I basically got my husband contractions. I basically got my husband to go to the midwife and say im husband to go to the midwife and say im having husband to go to the midwife and say im having pain, and having contractions. She said no, you cant be, its contractions. She said no, you cant be, its not contractions. She said no, you cant be, its not possible, its not possible. Be, its not possible, its not possible, it isjust a reaction to you being possible, it isjust a reaction to you being induced. Sol possible, it isjust a reaction to you being induced. So i was like, 0k. You being induced. So i was like, 0k~ i you being induced. So i was like, ok. I believe it was a new drug they were ok. I believe it was a new drug they were using ok. I believe it was a new drug they were using. Sol ok. I believe it was a new drug they were using. So i was like 0k, ive had a were using. So i was like 0k, ive had a child were using. So i was like 0k, ive had a child before, maybe this is something had a child before, maybe this is something different. Then it started to get something different. Then it started to get more severe and more severe and i to get more severe and more severe and i was to get more severe and more severe and i was like this doesnt feel right, and i was like this doesnt feel right, and and i was like this doesnt feel right, and every time i approached the midwife, or my husband did, it would the midwife, or my husband did, it would he the midwife, or my husband did, it would be the same response, no, youre would be the same response, no, youre not would be the same response, no, youre not in would be the same response, no, youre not in pain, not in pain. It ot youre not in pain, not in pain. It got to youre not in pain, not in pain. It got to the youre not in pain, not in pain. It got to the point where i think i was liy got to the point where i think i was by this got to the point where i think i was by this time got to the point where i think i was by this time going to the Toilet Thinking by this time going to the Toilet Thinking i wanted to go to the Toilet Thinking i wanted to go to the toilet and i was actually pushing, coming toilet and i was actually pushing, coming backwards and forwards, and i dont think coming backwards and forwards, and i dont think there was even a clue that why dont think there was even a clue that why would i be going to toilet so often . That why would i be going to toilet so often . But anyway i was going to toilet. So often . But anyway i was going to toilet, coming back and pushing, thinking toilet, coming back and pushing, thinking i toilet, coming back and pushing, thinking i need to go to toilet, need thinking i need to go to toilet, need to thinking i need to go to toilet, need to do a number two because obviously need to do a number two because obviously something is happening. I came obviously something is happening. I came back obviously something is happening. I came back and i was in so much pain. Inthe came back and i was in so much pain. Inthe end came back and i was in so much pain. Inthe end of came back and i was in so much pain. In the end of my husband went and said, in the end of my husband went and said. Look. In the end of my husband went and said, look, theres something going on, said, look, theres something going on. You said, look, theres something going on, you need to come. And what happened on, you need to come. And what happened this time was there was a midwife, happened this time was there was a midwife, anaesthetist and a doctor and they midwife, anaesthetist and a doctor and they said to me to lay on the bed and and they said to me to lay on the bed and the midwife examined me. I laid on bed and the midwife examined me. I laid on the bed and the midwife examined me. I laid on the bed and she said no, you are not laid on the bed and she said no, you are not in laid on the bed and she said no, you are not in labour, im telling you, you are are not in labour, im telling you, you are three centimetres dilated, that is you are three centimetres dilated, that is all you are three centimetres dilated, that is all you are, and i thought that is all you are, and i thought that cant that is all you are, and i thought that cant be, i mean so much pain, i that cant be, i mean so much pain, i know that cant be, i mean so much pain, iknow ihu that cant be, i mean so much pain, i know im in that cant be, i mean so much pain, i know im in labour. No, youre not i know im in labour. No, youre not ok i know im in labour. No, youre not ok she i know im in labour. No, youre not. Ok. She said, why dont you go and have not. Ok. She said, why dont you go and have a not. Ok. She said, why dont you go and have a bath . And i was like, 0k. And have a bath . And i was like, ok. So i and have a bath . And i was like, ok. So i went, and have a bath . And i was like, ok. So i went, i and have a bath . And i was like, ok. So i went, i took my husband, brought so i went, i took my husband, brought the towel and sat in the bath brought the towel and sat in the bath i brought the towel and sat in the bath i sat brought the towel and sat in the bath. I sat in the bath for about maybe bath. I sat in the bath for about maybe two minutes. Within two minutes maybe two minutes. Within two minutes i maybe two minutes. Within two minutes i got out and said oh my gosh. Minutes i got out and said oh my gosh. I minutes i got out and said oh my gosh, i mean so much pain. I said i have gosh, i mean so much pain. I said i have to gosh, i mean so much pain. I said i have to get gosh, i mean so much pain. I said i have to get out, have to go to the toilet have to get out, have to go to the toilet he have to get out, have to go to the toilet. He said its ok, go to the toilet toilet. He said its ok, go to the toilet with toilet. He said its ok, go to the toilet with me in here. I went over the toilet toilet with me in here. I went over the toilet and screamed so loud, my son was the toilet and screamed so loud, my son was coming out of the other end. 0h, son was coming out of the other end. Oh. My son was coming out of the other end. Oh. My god son was coming out of the other end. Oh, my god son was coming out of the other end. Oh, my god. When i screamed, other eole oh, my god. When i screamed, other peeple started oh, my god. When i screamed, other people started coming oh, my god. When i screamed, other people started coming in. Oh, my god. When i screamed, other people started coming in. I oh, my god. When i screamed, other people started coming in. I couldnt l people started coming in. I couldnt even think because people started coming in. I couldnt even think because i people started coming in. I couldnt even think because i thought, people started coming in. I couldntl even think because i thought, whats going even think because i thought, whats going on even think because i thought, whats going on here . And everybody was like a going on here . And everybody was like a go going on here . And everybody was like a go and get this, go and get that like ago and get this, go and get that i like a go and get this, go and get that i could hear people shouting and he that i could hear people shouting and he caught his head as he was falling and he caught his head as he was falling out and he caught his head as he was falling out of me over the toilet. And then falling out of me over the toilet. And then obviously there was loads of blood and then obviously there was loads of blood. There was loads of number twos. Of blood. There was loads of number twos. There of blood. There was loads of number twos, there was no awful experience ive twos, there was no awful experience ive ever twos, there was no awful experience ive ever had. That was the most awful ive ever had. That was the most awful experience ive ever had. I looked awful experience ive ever had. I looked at awful experience ive ever had. I looked at my son and thought whose baby is looked at my son and thought whose baby is that . I had to walk back with baby is that . I had to walk back with the baby is that . I had to walk back with the Umbilical Cord swinging between with the Umbilical Cord swinging between my legs. They managed to get scissors between my legs. They managed to get scissors and between my legs. They managed to get scissors and all that but i had to walk scissors and all that but i had to walk back scissors and all that but i had to walk back with the Umbilical Cord swinging walk back with the Umbilical Cord swinging between my legs back to the bed. Swinging between my legs back to the bed when swinging between my legs back to the bed. When i sat back on the bed the midwife bed. When i sat back on the bed the midwife came in and you could see she was midwife came in and you could see she was embarrassed that she hadnt believed she was embarrassed that she hadnt believed me. The doctor came and she apologised believed me. The doctor came and she apologised. Im so sorry. I didnt believe apologised. Im so sorry. I didnt believe you apologised. Im so sorry. I didnt believe you. I didnt even actually believe you. Ididnt even actually answer believe you. Ididnt even actually answer her believe you. I didnt even actually answer her when she stood there saying answer her when she stood there saying she answer her when she stood there saying she was sorry. Youd think after saying she was sorry. Youd think after all saying she was sorry. Youd think after all that mess up they had done that would after all that mess up they had done that would be it. But after that they that would be it. But after that they sent that would be it. But after that they sent me home, well, actually went they sent me home, well, actually went home they sent me home, well, actually went home because i didnt want to stay went home because i didnt want to stay i went home because i didnt want to stay i had went home because i didnt want to stay. I had after birth after that and i stay. I had after birth after that and i was stay. I had after birth after that and i was sick with the afterbirth. I and i was sick with the afterbirth. I had and i was sick with the afterbirth. I had to and i was sick with the afterbirth. I had to come back to the hospital and the i had to come back to the hospital and the afterbirth fell out whilst i was in and the afterbirth fell out whilst i was in the and the afterbirth fell out whilst i was in the shower and it was a sight to behold was in the shower and it was a sight to behold i was in the shower and it was a sight to behold. I came back and i had to have to behold. I came back and i had to have antibiotics. And because i had to have have antibiotics. And because i had to have antibiotics i couldnt breast feed my son. The whole thing left me breast feed my son. The whole thing left me traumatised, not being able to breast feed my son, not being able to to breast feed my son, not being able to enjoy motherhood. You have this child, able to enjoy motherhood. You have this child, you are so looking forward this child, you are so looking forward to this child, and all the way through it isjust forward to this child, and all the way through it is just traumatic. The apology was more of a defence rather the apology was more of a defence rather than the apology was more of a defence rather than we have really messed up here rather than we have really messed up here it rather than we have really messed up here it was rather than we have really messed up here. It was a very, very traumatic experience here. It was a very, very traumatic experience. To here. It was a very, very traumatic experience experience. To say the least. Extraordinary. Experience. To say the least. Extraordinary. What experience. To say the least. Extraordinary. What you experience. To say the least. | extraordinary. What you make experience. To say the least. Extraordinary. What you make of that, hannah . Were you listening as well . , ,. , well . Yeah, it ust sounds awful. It is so hard to well . Yeah, itjust sounds awful. It is so hard to hear. Well . Yeah, itjust sounds awful. It is so hard to hear. I well . Yeah, itjust sounds awful. It is so hard to hear. I dont well . Yeah, itjust sounds awful. It is so hard to hear. I dont really is so hard to hear. I dont really know what to say, its an awful experience to go through. Im really sorry that happened to you. Experience to go through. Im really sorry that happened to you. Yeah, it was awful sorry that happened to you. Yeah, it was awful. Then sorry that happened to you. Yeah, it was awful. Then i sorry that happened to you. Yeah, it was awful. Then i had sorry that happened to you. Yeah, it was awful. Then i had counselling i was awful. Then i had counselling after~ was awful. Then i had counselling after i was awful. Then i had counselling after. I never had any kids after