[0.50] Brigid introduces Clinical Psychologist Rebecca Wheeler.

[2.14] Rebecca talks about how people don’t want to talk about fear in childbirth.

[3.16] Rebecca gives some tips to women wo are nervous to listen to this episode.

[4.24] Rebecca talks about some of the worries and fear women may have around pregnancy and childbirth and the difference between how these may present.

[5.17] Rebecca defines tokophobia and explains what it actually means.

[6.28] Rebecca talks about some of the general worries women have around pregnancy and childbirth.

[8.09] Rebecca talks about how tokophobia may present.

[9.58] Rebecca talks about how the partners of women with tokophobia should approach and support them.

[11.13] Rebecca talks about how common tokophobia is in Australia.

[12.19] Rebecca talks about who diagnoses tokophobia.

[13.30] Rebecca talks about the spectrum and levels of tokophobia.

[16.58] Rebecca talks about whether there are other underlying risk factors to tokophobia.

[20.50] Rebecca talks about what a day for someone experiencing tokophobia may be like.

[22.37] Brigid asks whether someone with tokophobia is able to recognise that their feelings around childbirth and pregnancy might be more than their peers.

[23.06] Rebecca talks about the origin of the fear of childbirth.

[25.02] Rebecca talks about tokophobia and contraception.

[26.24] Rebecca talks about choosing the right care team for a woman with tokophobia.

[27.41] Rebecca talks about how tokophobia can be managed and supported.

[28.38] Rebecca talks about the treatment and management of tokophobia.

[30.58] Rebecca talks about the mother and baby attachment after birth.

[33.10] Brigid and Rebecca talk about the idea of perfection.

[34.55] Rebecca talks about how we can be mindful when sharing birth stories.

[40.16] Rebecca talks about what someone should so if they think they have tokophobia.

[41.20] Rebecca lists some helpful resources.

You can find Rebecca’s Instagram here

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You can find Rebecca’s website here

You can find the Centre for Perinatal Psychology here

You can find COPE here

You can find the Gidget Foundation here

You can find PANDA here