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💥 Helping you hope again after trauma
📣 Social worker & preeclampsia survivor Hi! Join me on my journey of hope, healing and humour!

I’m Sarah – Aussie social worker and survivor of preeclampsia, birth trauma and Lyme disease. The Pesky Placenta Society is a space dedicated to sharing education, hope and humour after birth and other trauma. Although I will always have a soft spot for those who have had their own pesky placentas, The PPS is for everyone; whether you’ve had a traumatic birth, a great birth, a birth that’s in between, or none at all – you are welcome here! Alongside preeclampsia and birth trauma, I’m also passionate about stories of mental health, chronic illness, social work and justice, and so much more.

16/10/2025

You don't have to find a silver lining in your trauma. Sometimes it just straight up sucks 🚫

Hey, it's me! I disappeared again for a while, and there are many reasons why I needed another little break from this space. I'm OK with doing what I need to do for my mind to feel as safe as it can be, so I won't promise it won't happen again!

I've been thinking a lot about this idea of finding the positives that come out of trauma... While I certainly believe good things do come from the hardest things we've lived through, I want to honour those days where it just sucks 🥲

There are days where I feel strong and confident in the silver linings that were born alongside my birth trauma, and there are days where I am sad and angry and wish none of it happened the way it did. Both of those are OK to feel 🫶

Consider this a reminder if you need one: it's absolutely fine to just feel the weight of how unfair and painful your trauma is.

Sometimes it just sucks 💜

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07/09/2025

🚨 Vulnerable post alert!

Choosing to not have another baby was the hardest decision I have ever made 🥲

It's raw and it's sensitive and it's hard to talk about, which is why it's important that I do.

The emotional back-and-forth that comes with family planning after preeclampsia and birth trauma was *a lot* 🥴

I spent months agonising over what felt right and wrong and neither and both...it was exhausting.

There were probably hundreds of questions that I asked myself in that time, and I decided to share some of the biggest ones in case they are helpful to even one other person 💜

Remember - someone else's choices aren't a judgement on yours. If you read a post like this and feel defensiveness bubbling up, take a moment, sit in it and figure out why 🫶

What was right for me could be wrong for you, and that is absolutely OK!

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03/08/2025

Birth trauma affirmations ✨

These are some of the things I wish someone had said to me in the days, weeks and months after my whole world had turned upside down 💥

So, I'm going to say them, in case you need to hear them right now:

🚫 It was not my fault - sometimes birth trauma happens medically, and sometimes due to human error or wrongdoing. What it's not, is your fault.

✅ I will feel safe again - it is incredibly hard to feel safe in your body, mind and in the world after a traumatic birth. It won't always feel that way.

🐣 I'm the parent my baby needs - no matter what you currently do or don't feel for your baby, or the work you may need to do to be OK, you are who they need and deserve.

😢 I'm allowed to grieve - birth trauma is a type of loss that is worthy of your grief and any other feeling that needs to be named and processed.

🙅‍♀️ I don't have to get over it - you may feel pressured to view your trauma as a blip in time that you need to move past. Know that you don't.

❤️‍🩹 My recovery matters - you are as important as your baby, and deserve to take time to heal, find joy and just be. Take the time you need.

There are so many that I could include here! If any come to mind, chuck them in the comments so they can reach someone who may need them 🫶

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