Three
Dear Caterpillar In a lot of ways the last three years have gone quickly. You grow and change so swiftly that often you get up in the morning and Daddy and I comment that you’ve…
Category: Depression
Scary Anger: My PPD story – Guest Post by Samoina at PPD Island
Thanks for your comments on last week’s post about how tricky going back to work can be after having a family. This week we have Samoina from PPD Island sharing a really personal story of…
Transformation of a Butterfly – A Year of Blogging
Today marks one year since I posted my first ever blog post. I began this blog for only two reasons. Firstly, I hoped that I could begin to come to terms with experiencing PND and…
Adjusting To Being A Mum – Guest Post by Lindsay Robinson
Lucy’s post last week about dealing with a baby struggling with wind pain and difficulty sleeping was so informative, and I love that lots of commenters shared their own stories and solutions too. Just one of…
Why New Mums Will Always Break My Heart
On the whole I believe experiencing PND has left me a more compassionate, kinder person but, unfortunately, one negative personality trait has been greatly increased: jealousy. It’s been almost three years since I had my…
From Me To Me
Statistically, if you have experienced PND previously you have a 50/50 chance of experiencing it again during a future pregnancy and/or postnatal period. I’m not pregnant but I hope to be one day and I…
Help, My Baby Wont Sleep – Guest Post by PND Recovery
Huge thanks to Mandy for last week’s post about the picky eating struggle so many of us can relate to. This week we’ve got the wonderful Amy talking about the stress and anxiety caused by her baby’s…
Coming Clean
The strange thing about the internet, and particularly blogging, is that it’s often easier to disclose your deepest, darkest feelings to a world wide web full of strangers than to the people you’ve known all…
Parenting with Anxiety – Guest Post by Josephine Ruggieri
I couldn’t be happier with the response to this series so far, thanks so much for everyone who read and commented on Min’s post last week. We have lots of really wonderful writers lined up…
Meeting the #pndfamily
Regular readers will know that perinatal mental health features regularly in this blog, following my own experience of PND and anxiety in 2013 (and brief anxiety relapse last year). You have also probably heard me…