Postnatal Depression – Ten Years On
My son is ten years old today. When I reflect on the early weeks and months of his life, I take pride in how far we have both come. Together. I was so unwell, the…
Anxiety Recap For Surviving Lockdown
This is my first new post in a long time. Those of you who follow The Butterfly Mother Facebook page will be up to speed but I’ve desperately neglected the actual blog for a while…
Nine Ways To Practice Self-Kindness (plus free journal!)
Self-kindness is a huge part of mental health recovery. Often we’re unkind to ourselves without even realising it! During an Anxiety relapse a couple of years ago friends kept telling me to stop giving myself…
Have I Escaped Postnatal Depression Second Time Around? A ‘Fourth Trimester’ Update
Bea is nine weeks old tomorrow. It’s been a huge couple of months full of lots of highs and a few lows so I felt it was time to share my experience of the so-called…
Birth Story – Elective Gentle Caesarean Section
Warning: This post contains images of caesarean birth Many of you will have read about my previous birth experience with my son six years ago. In a nutshell, after 12 hours of labour my son…
Introducing Our Rainbow Baby
For those of you who don’t follow me on Facebook or Instagram, I’d like to introduce you to the latest member of our family; Beatrice Lily, born at 12.27pm on 17th May. We’re all…
Elective C-Section Birth Plan
Those of you who’ve been following my Pregnant After PND journey will be aware that I have an elective section booked this time around. My son was born six years ago via emergency section and…
Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Third Trimester
The overwhelm is real, people. With less than a fortnight to go Anxiety has definitely come nipping at my heels in recent days. I expected this, of course, but it still takes lots of hard…
Boys Bedroom Makeover
We’ve been promising Caterpillar a new bedroom for a while now and with the imminent arrival of his little sister our timescale became a little tighter. Since he’s now six years old we wanted to find…
Six
Dear Caterpillar In many ways the last year has flown by so quickly. How can you possibly be six already? How can you be in your last term of Year One? My baby is no…