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…
Category: Pregnancy
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…
Anxiety Cheat Sheet
Last week on #pndhour we discussed the ups and downs of recovery from Perinatal Mental Illness. One of the most frustrating things about getting better is that just when you think you’re making lots of…