As part of the findings of the birth trauma inquiry. Its calling for an overhaul of the britains maternity and Postnatal Care after finding poor care is all too frequently tolerated as normal. Our correspondent Louisa Pilbeam reports. She was left needing a stoma bag after mistakes in her maternity care. She spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year. I ended up with a fourth degree tear and a rectovaginal fistula. I had a missed abscess, as well which burst. None of this was diagnosed till five days after the baby was born. Gill is not alone. The First Uk Inquiry Into Birth Trauma has heard what it calls harrowing evidence from more than 1,000 women. Some women said they were left in blood soaked sheets on Maternity Wards without help, evidence was given about babies who were injured during birth, and many women said they werent listened to. Birth trauma is thought to affect 30,000 women a year in the uk a term which refers to negative birth experiences, such as serious blood loss and e