Thank you for sharing your story, Jessie. I have felt this way as long as I can remember as well. It’s reassuring to hear your story knowing you can come out the other side of childbirth fear.

As a primary school teacher (6 years in) I feel like I could have written this myself! Thank you so much for sharing this. It’s important that people realise what teachers are going through.

This is my life right now. I’m 4 years into my teaching career and I’m seriously considering how long I’ll be able to do this. I am constantly on edge (even during “holidays”) because of the stress and workload.

Thank you SO much for this article. I have lived with painful sex for the past 5 years thinking there was something wrong with me. It’s taken a year of psychology to even be touched again. It’s such a lonely experience when you only have your partner to talk to about it. This article has made me realise I’m not the only one and that there’s hope to come ❤️