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How To Wean In One Feed – Guest Post by BecomeMum

Thanks so much for your lovely, supportive comments on last week’s post, Danielle’s honesty really touched a lot of you.  This week we’re hearing from Become Mum regarding how she dealt with an extremely difficult…

Posted in My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 31 Comments March 4, 2016 by

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…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support 43 Comments February 19, 2016 by

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…

Posted in About me, Anxiety, Depression, Peer Support 41 Comments February 18, 2016May 6, 2018 by Laura

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…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Peer Support, Recovery 9 Comments January 26, 2016 by

100 Weeks of #pndhour

A short but very sweet post from me today. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about Rosey of PNDandme and her amazing work, especially in regards to #pndhour. I wish so deeply…

Posted in Blogging, Peer Support, Recovery 16 Comments December 15, 2015 by

Book Review: Mothering Through The Darkness

*Trigger warning: this review contains reference to suicidal thoughts.* What strikes me most when reading the heart-wrenching anthology Mothering Through the Darkness is how indiscriminate Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders really are. They can, and…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 28 Comments December 4, 2015 by

Then & Now

When you’re in the grips of a Perinatal Mental Illness nothing exists except that terrible moment; that fear and that sadness. But a brighter future does exist…and recovery is possible. Then, I was terrified of…

Posted in Recovery 35 Comments November 23, 2015May 3, 2018 by Laura

How Writing Healed Me After PND

This blog is six months old today. I began writing with the objective of helping others, which is still the main purpose, but I had no idea back then how much I would need this…

Posted in About me, Blogging, Recovery 35 Comments October 8, 2015May 11, 2018 by Laura

A Thank You Note

It’s been quite a week for The Butterfly Mother.  I’ve been lucky enough to be chosen as one of the star posts on three different awesome linkys. It’s pretty nerve-wracking to share my PND experiences outside…

Posted in Blogging, Motherhood 2 Comments September 8, 2015 by

Does parenting impact happiness?

Postpartum Progress shared a really interesting article today about how the first year of having a child can impact your general happiness. I decided to share it and my response to it here. I’d really…

Posted in Motherhood 4 Comments August 13, 2015 by

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