Katy: “He missed her birth by literally 10 minutes”

Katy’s baby was born at 32 weeks in May 2020, at the height of the pandemic. There were no warning signs that her baby might arrive early so as you can imagine it was a total shock. Katy tells host Phillippa the story of how baby Isabelle arrived so quickly and how Covid screening meant her husband missed his daughter's birth by just a few minutes. We also hear about baby Isobelle’s month in the neonatal intensive care unit and the toll this took on Katy’s mental health.

Your host is Phillippa Guillou, a journalist and radio presenter whose own baby was born at the height of the pandemic. You can get in touch with Phillippa here.

If you’ve struggled with any of the topics we’ve raised in today’s episode, please see the links below for help and support.

Birth Trauma Association - https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk/

Pandas Foundation - https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/what-is-pnd/birth-trauma/

MIND - https://bit.ly/35Lbaos

NHS Report into babies born in lockdown - https://bit.ly/3tQuit4