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MOTHERHOOD
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, INSPIRING, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, MUST READ, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, Uncategorized, USEFUL2018. THE MOST SOUL STRIPPING YEAR OF MY LIFE
Previously Laura Dockerill wrote THE most remarkable list about her experience of Postpartum Psychosis. Raw. Vulnerable. Insightful. It spoke to so many about the reality of how having a baby can effect you in ways far beyond what you can comprehend. With her son's first birthday on the horizon this is her follow-up list. Part useful guide, part celebration this how she managed to make it through from the darkest place, through the darkest year. This is how she survived.…
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Mental Health issues can be distressing when you are adult. But what do you do when starting school makes your once carefree daughter begin displaying classic signs of anxiety? Natalie Goodacre explains how they coped and also what positive changes they made as a family to support their child's wellbeing.…
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, INSPIRING, LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedBREATHLESSLY MOTHERING
Rachel Clements has only 24% remaining lung function. This lists explores he un-expected path to Motherhood, the impact that has had on her health and a glimpse into what it is like to parent whilst on oxygen.…
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HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, USEFUL‘HANG-XIETY’ AKA ALCOHOL INDUCED ANXIETY.
The dreaded 'morning after the night before'. Perhaps a banging headache or nausea? Both of which can be fixed with a good breakfast and a paracetamol. Same can't be said for the impact booze has on your head space, leaving some, including author Gail Buckley, with a terrible intrusive thoughts and paranoia. …
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY PARTNER’S A CONVICT
This list, from an anonymous author, sheds light on raising kids whilst your partner is in prison. The issues of which are even more complex than you might expect. …
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EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, UncategorizedMY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS MY SURROGATE
"The fact that someone would care about us enough to offer something so enormous felt incredibly special. Whether it worked or not, what she had offered was indescribable. We went from feeling like the unluckiest couple in the world, to the luckiest! How many people have a sister in law that would offer to help you have a baby?! " Helen Loates shares her surrogacy experience.…
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LOVE & MARRIAGE, MOTHER OF ALL LISTS, MOTHERHOOD, USEFULTHE DO’S AND DO NOT’S OF DATING AS A SINGLE PARENT
Dating is such a complicated game isn't it?! Playing it cool but not too cool, being open and open-minded but not so much that you are an open-book?! Let alone when you have a small person to think about too! Here Jaya Chingen offers a balanced account of her experience plus tons of empowering advice.…
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One minute you going about your normal life, then next you collapse (after no previous symptoms), are rushed to hospital to be told you have a massive brain tumour. This is Cordelia of how everything she thought she knew changed in an instant.…