Melissa Bruijn

Melissa is a mother to two small children. After a traumatic caesarean with her first child’s birth, she found it extremely difficult to find information, support and acknowledgement of her distress. She began researching and discovered she was not alone in her emotional response to a disempowering birth. She began Birthtalk with Debby in an effort to help women in ways she wished she had been supported.

Melissa gave birth to her second child in October 2003 - a very different birth to the first. This time she made use of a wealth of information she was not aware of for her first birth, and had a very positive birth. She believes the information she learned is vital for women birthing in our health system, and is dedicated to providing opportunities for other women to access this information. This has now fueled her passion for the work Birthtalk does, as she wishes every woman could experience the strength of an empowered birth in the setting of their choice, and the positive effect this has had on her life.

Read an article written by Melissa
Why birth trauma is unspoken - most of us don’t even know what we’ve experienced