Write for Fear Free Childbirth
We publish two kinds of contributors – practitioners who know this territory, and women who've lived it. Both matter. Both reach women who need them.
You know something our readers need to hear
If you work in midwifery, obstetrics, perinatal mental health, therapy, counselling or birth support – and you have something specific to say about reproductive fear, anxiety or trauma – we want to hear from you.
This is not a platform for general pregnancy advice. Our readers have read that already. They're looking for the piece that finally makes sense of what they're experiencing – and that often comes from someone who works with women like them every day.
What you get:
- A byline on a publication read in 180+ countries
- A full author bio with a link to your practice or work
- A featured contributor badge to embed on your website
- An audience that genuinely needs what you know
What we ask in return: we ask contributors to share their published piece with their own audience and, where possible, to link to it from their website – a press page, resources section or "as seen in" area. This is how your work reaches the women who need it, and how FFC grows the readership that makes publishing your work worthwhile.
Published pieces are exclusive to Fear Free Childbirth. The full rights and terms are in our contributor terms.
Read the full contributor guidelines → Pitch us your ideaYour story could be the one that helps someone through the night
If you've experienced tokophobia, pregnancy anxiety, birth fear, birth trauma or reproductive trauma – and you're at a point where you're ready to talk about it – we'd love to hear from you.
You don't need to be a writer. You don't need a tidy ending. You just need to be willing to share honestly, and to let us help you shape it into something that reaches the women still in the middle of what you've been through.
You choose how you're named: your full name, a first name, or a pseudonym. We'll show you the edited piece before it goes live, and if you ever want it taken down, we'll do that.
What to expect: we'll have a conversation first. Then you write, or we help you write. We edit it and show it to you before it goes live. Then we publish it. If you ever want it removed, we'll act on that immediately.
Your story is exclusive to Fear Free Childbirth while it's live. The full terms are in our contributor terms.
Read the full story guidelines → Share your storyWhat we publish – and what we don't
Both paths are held to the same editorial standards. Our readers often find us on the worst night of their year – that sets the bar for everything we publish.
We publish
- Reproductive fear, anxiety, tokophobia, birth trauma, perinatal mental health
- Clinical insight, research translation, professional perspective
- Lived experience – honest, specific, useful to someone still in it
We don't publish
- General pregnancy or women's health content without a fear or anxiety angle
- Content that could run unchanged on any pregnancy site
- Promotional content – if you want to promote a product or service, see our advertise page
- Anything that markets through fear
Our full editorial standards → and sponsored content policy → apply to every piece we publish.
Ready to pitch?
Tell us your name, your role or your story in brief, and any relevant links. We'll be back to you within 5 working days.
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