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Jackie asks: 'Are we too quick to tell childbirth horror stories?'

Childbirth horror stories, the language of cancer and sleeping in the nude.

A senior academic has warned mums who post graphic accounts of the birthing process online are contributing to a rise in phobia of childbirth.
While sharing such descriptions might be therapeutic for the woman who went through the experience, it’s thought mums to be could be traumatised by reading such stories. So are we too quick to tell childbirth horror stories?

Also on the programme…

CHRIS MITCHELL FOUNDATION
We’ll speak to the dad of former footballer Chris Mitchell who took his own life last year. Philip Mitchell joins Jackie in PQ3 to talk about the world leading mental health first aid course he’s created to help football managers and other senior officials identify the signs of psychiatric distress. Sports psychologist Dr Paul McCarthy will explain more about the impact injury and retirement can have on athletes mental wellbeing.
 
NUDE SLEEPING
Apparently you will have a deeper sleep if you’re in the scud! With two thirds of millennials going to bed in the buff - should we all be sleeping nude to get a good night’s kip? Sleep expert Dr Nerina Ramlakhan gives Jackie the lowdown on the impact nightwear can have plus a millennial who’ll reveal why they chose to ditch the pjs.
 
CANCER LANGUAGE
In a TV interview following her third cancer diagnosis, Olivia Newton John said she avoids using words like ‘battling’ and ‘fighting’ when it comes to her illness, preferring instead to use ‘journey’ or ‘mission’. So how important is the language we use around cancer? Jackie speaks to Lauren Mahon from the You Me & the Big C podcast, paralympian David Smith MBE, breast cancer survivor Laura Simm to find out what language they use and is also joined by Madeline Alexander of Cancer Support Scotland. 
 
EROTIC FICTION
After actress Jane Fonda says 50 Shades of Grey got her hooked on pornographic novels – is there anything wrong with reading erotic fiction? Mills and Boon editor Flo Nicoll, erotic author Rachael Stewart and mum of four/erotic fiction fan Moira Cormack explain more about the genre.

HEALTH SURGERY
It’s a back to school special this week with child psychotherapist Dr Sarah Clarke. Over the summer holidays we heard how record numbers of children are facing a mental health epidemic - could adding the pressures of school life make it worse? If you’re child’s concerns are creeping in, Dr Sarah is on hand to answer queries relating to settling in, anxiety, pressure and more.
 
APPLE
With the biggest screen and priced at over one thousand dollars - is the new iPhone worth the money? You’ll get the lowdown from our technology expert.

BEST PUB 
We hear from the co-owner of The Volunteer Arms in Musselburgh which has been named the best pub in Scotland and Northern Ireland in the latest edition of a renowned industry guide. What makes a pub great?

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