Aurore's midwife did not leave space to discuss her mental health.
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I think had I brought it up more, and had I pursued it more with her, as part of the conversation, then there may have been space for it. But I didn’t feel that there was a space for it. I didn’t feel that there was space made at the outset for it, with my primary midwife, and so it was just a place where I didn’t – I didn’t – I didn’t explore it with her. You know, I… it… because it didn’t feel comfortable, and I didn’t feel that it was the space for it, I just searched out other places to be able to get support to stay physically and emotionally healthy
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