This post deals with miscarriage and PND, and might be triggering for some readers.
Eighteen months after the birth of her daughter Frankie, Kate Brow still finds that a certain smell or sound can take her straight back to that traumatic time.
“Every time I smell bushfire smoke I get really triggered,” Brow tells Mamamia.
“Every time I hear ambulance sirens I get triggered. I think I’ve processed it much better through telling my story and sharing my story but I still find these sensory things quite triggering.”
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Even before Frankie was born, Brow had been through a lot. She had a “really wonderful” experience with the birth of her first daughter, Harriette, but that was followed by a difficult 12 months.
“She was a terrible breastfeeder,” Brow remembers. “I felt like I was failing the whole time.”
Brow told her GP how she was feeling.