Many thanks. Looking forward to recording them!

Loved listening to the first episode. Look forward to hearing the future ones 🤩

I totally agree with you and as universal statements Emily’s views can’t be true always. However, the number of families like hers experiencing less than ideal situations doesn’t invalidate her views.

It’s an assumption for Emily to state there was no appreciation of trauma with the professionals involved in investigating a disclosure. Professionals really are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Not all disclosures are unsubstantiated and that needs to be what is centered.

Aw thanks. The credit goes to Angela and the other mums. All we have to do is listen and press record.

Thank you guys for another amazing birth mum podcast. Should have come with a tissue warning, thank you to Angela for sharing her story and that of her children. I’m sorry that she went through. I love the quote “we are not a department, we are a family”.

Hi Diana, thank you for commenting. I’ll be honest I can’t recall the exact details of the conversation but certainly what you say is a true reflection of many mum’s experiences.

I have had to post in stages, so please read from bottom up!

Sorry... Probably illegal. Many weren’t old enough to give legal consent, yet somehow we could be coerced into signing a document with no parent or guardian present. How was any of that acceptable??

/2... We were prevented from picking up our babies. Given drugs to stop us best feeding. What this woman says is an insult to all mothers who lost children to adoption. This happened in NHS hospitals. It was brutal, cruel and outbacks illegal

I can’t let this slide. Many UK mother’s had their children physically taken from them, I know as it happened to me. Many had nowhere near six weeks with their children, some had just a few days...

Lots of good questions. I guess that they’re adopted no check would be required.

Interesting episode. Would have loved to have heard more about the ethical considerations that were weighed up in sharing information with children but not professionals, it came across as motivated to change the children’s ”toxic views”. Also wonder if shared boyfriend has had any criminal records check but not sure how that would happen if a professional agency doesn’t know about him....

Brilliant

Brilliant Robin

Thank you for commenting

Excellent interview and really important story to hear

I totally agree, like you it was a difficult time and clearly for this couple pushed them to their actions. No excuses though. Thanks for commenting. Al

Hello Shaz78, thank you for taking the time to comment. Al here and I’ll not pretend to speak for Pam or Scott. Your experience sound truly traumatic and given what you’ve experienced an apology from the state would seem wholly appropriate. I can’t revise what was said but it’s a conversation that needs to be continued with voices like yours heard. If you ever felt you wanted to have your say on the podcast you’d be welcome. DM if that would be of interest.

This reminded me just how difficult I found things in the early days. And how hard I found to admit that I was struggling. I never got to the point of violence to my children or calling them horrible names but it was sometimes in my head. Looking back we have come on amazingly well.