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PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY’S

  • EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S

    THE REALITY OF A NICU PARENT

    My heart was in my mouth while reading this list from Sam @the_nicu_mummy. The fear and the anxiety around your child being ill is just horrendous. For Sam, her nightmare began during pregnancy and then straight after giving birth, her baby boy was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which is somewhere you never hope to find yourself.…

  • EMOTIONAL, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S

    POSTNATAL DEPRESSION

    After my first baby, I was exhausted, lonely, terrified and felt like I was walking through glue, but assumed this was normal; this was how all new mums felt, wasn't it? It was only later, when I looked back, I realised I'd been suffering from postnatal depression. Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week starts tomorrow and with that in mind Iwona Pinkowicz wanted to share her incredibly honest story about how she had to reach breaking point before she was diagnosed with PND...…

  • HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S

    FERTILITY JOURNEY OF A GERIATRIC MUM

    I vividly remember being told that after 35 you are considered geriatric in terms of fertility and pregnancy! The shock! I could have sworn I was young just a moment ago!? Fortunately, the terminology has moved on but doesn't mean find yourself in that bracket isn't without its challenges as Liberty Mills explains...…

  • EMOTIONAL, HEALTH, MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S

    LIFE IN LOCKDOWN WITH OUR AUTISTIC SON

    I heard a great quote the other day (can't remember where, unfortunately) which said that although we are all physically divided at the moment, the shared experience of trying to navigate a pandemic means we have more in common than ever before. That said,  there a those whose current circumstance present a significantly greater challenge. To (belatedly) mark Autism Awareness Week Charlotte shares her experience of 'Life in Lockdown with her Autistic Son'.…

  • MOTHERHOOD, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & BABY'S

    CRY BABY

    Here's the thing. Baby's aren't always a bundle of joy. Actually, some of them can be the opposite. It may not often be spoken about but some babies are criers. And for their parents its testing emotionally and mentally. Not least because frequently nobody can say when exactly the torturous wailing will end, something Katie Beer experience firsthand with her first child.…