![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/pause-project-to-help-dorset-mothers-with-children-in-care/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/130702156_mothers.jpg&description=Image source, PA Media Image caption, The scheme has proved controversial with some women's rights groups Mothers who have had two or more children taken into care are being offered new life-changing support in Dorset - if they commit to using contraception for 18 months. More than 1,000 women across the UK have been helped by the Pause Project. Making contraception a part of the deal is controversial. But one woman has told the BBC it was essential to help her focus on overcoming her struggles and become a better mother. Amy, whose name has been changed, had both her children taken into care. "You just feel lost...You just feel useless, because you're a mum, then you're nothing," she said. "It was my fault. That was my one job, and I didn't do it, and that made me feel guilty, which also sort of spun me down a bad path." Image caption, Amy keeps pictures of her children in a cherished photo album That path included drugs, homelessness and mental health problems. Amy was a teenager when she escaped her own chaotic, dysfunctional family home, into what became an equally chaotic life with her childhood sweetheart. They tried and failed to keep a permanent roof over their heads. After getting pregnant, Amy ended up in housing for single mothers and their babies, while her boyfriend remained homeless and continued taking drugs. "We had quite a volatile relationship," she said. Amy explained how social workers wanted her to cut ties with her partner, and how instead she believed his promises to give up drugs. "You want that family unit, so I'd lie to them and say 'oh I'm not seeing him'," she said. Image caption, A court ruled Amy's son should be taken into care But the lies Amy told were exposed by CCTV pictures showing him visiting her and their son at home. A court ruled her son should be taken into care immediately, with his mother being allowed to see him just six times a year and under supervision. "I remember coming home from court and I hated it," she said. "Sort){kind=link}
Mothers who have had two or more children taken into care are being offered new life-changing support in Dorset – if they commit to using contraception for 18 months.
More than 1,000 women across the UK have been helped by the Pause Project.
Making contraception a part of the deal is controversial.
But one woman has told the BBC it was essential to help her focus on overcoming her struggles and become a better mother.
Amy, whose name has been changed, had both her children taken into care.