Secondary Infertility – An Update
I’ve wanted to share my secondary infertility story for a while and finally feel strong enough. I think. Writing about PND and Anxiety has been so healing, I hope something similar can happen here. This…
Category: Pregnancy
Birth Trauma: PTSD And The Decision To Have Another Child
It’s the Easter holidays and my blog writing time is very minimal so I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a guest post I’ve wanted to put up for a while. It’s from Kerry…
Bonding – Does Postnatal Depression Negatively Affect Your Relationship With Your Child?
My son turns five years old this Spring so I thought it was a good time to explore the affect Postnatal Depression, Anxiety and OCD has had on our bonding, and our mother/son relationship in the…
Wishes for 2018
For the last two years my Christmas wish for my family has been the same – to bring a new a baby into the fold. After recovering from PND and finally finding the courage to…
How To Bring Up Baby…When You Can’t Even Lift Her – Guest Post From Blogger By The Sea
Welcome back to My Mountain. I love this series so much because I just think it’s so important to be honest and upfront with each other when it comes to parenting difficulties. Today we have Polly from…
End Silence & Stigma – Baby Loss & Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Course
Five years ago I thought Postnatal Depression and miscarriage were awful things that happened to other people. I was healthy with no history of mental health problems and I conceived my son quickly and easily.…
How To Survive Pregnancy Sickness – Guest Post By Coffee With Katie
I’m excited to have some new guest bloggers coming up, sharing their parenting struggles as part of the My Mountain series. Today I’m sharing a post from Katie at Coffee With Katie. Last time I…
An Open Letter To BBC Panorama
Dear BBC Panorama Just over four years ago I gave birth to my son, we were both completely healthy. Eight weeks later I was suicidal. What began as a hormone crash had escalated to severe…
Anyone Can Be A Mother? Fertility May Have Challenged Us, But We Are Stronger Because Of It
I’m really pleased to be hosting a brave and inspiring post from Kelly-Anne at Mimi Rose & Me today, about a topic that has become really close to my heart during the last year… …
What Is Perinatal OCD & Why Don’t Our Doctors Understand It?
Last week the inspiring Dr Carrie Ladd (RCGP fellow and developer of the Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit – read more here) invited Sarah and I to speak to a large group of local GPs about…