Truthful Birth Company
I’m Verity the owner of The Truthful Birth Company.
I have two children and live in Derby. For my first birth I read a book and did some basic birth education. I thought this was good enough. Turns out, it isn't. You need a good birth team in your corner and fantastic evidence based knowledge. For my second birth I worked hard to get what I wanted and I had a great birth team but I still had to persuade the midwives and doctors.
I have had a C-section and a VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section.) So have experienced different types of birth. I also suffered from trauma after my first birth and know this can impact decisions in future pregnancies and births.
Why The Truthful Birth
Company?
Well my name Verity means truth, and I believe that everyone is entitled to truthful, honest antenatal care.
People always get told labour and birth stories from their friends, or what happened to their neighbour or mother. Most of the time these stories aren’t helpful, and can often be frightening, and thus make everyone doubt their own ability.
Providing antenatal education that is balanced and evidence based is that the TBC is all about.
Your birth is yours, not your friends, not your mothers and not the doctor or midwives. So you need education that allows you to make your own decision.