Skip to content

The Butterfly Mother

Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing and Self-Care For Parents

  • About
  • Postnatal Depression & Anxiety
    • Anxiety Toolkit (Facebook Live Series)
    • My Journey To Recovery
    • Life After Perinatal Mental Illness
    • Anxiety Help
    • Living Positively
    • Pregnant After PND
    • Self-Care
    • Bonding & Being A PND Mum
    • Peer Support
    • Mental Health Advocacy
  • Parenting
    • The Good Enough Mum Guide (Facebook Live Series)
  • Work With Me
    • Full List Of Brand Work
  • PND Help & Resources
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Tag: pregnancy & birth

Recognising Postnatal Depression

Evening! Just a very quick post tonight to share some useful graphics I’ve been sent recently.  Regular readers will know I am very passionate about raising awareness of Perinatal Mental Illness after suffering from Postnatal…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Recovery 0 comments May 19, 2016 by Laura

Should Perinatal Mental Illnesses Be Treated Individually?

Before I had Caterpillar the words Perinatal Mental Illness or Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders had never entered my vocabulary. I had heard of one – Postnatal Depression – but as with most who’ve never…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression 18 Comments May 4, 2016May 29, 2016 by Laura

Why I Wish I’d Been Honest About How Much I Hated Being Pregnant – Guest Post by The Moderate Mum

Sorry My Mountain is a little late this week, we’ve been very busy celebrating Caterpillar’s birthday and I’m afraid I’ve gotten a little behind.  Thank you to everyone who commented on last week’s fab post…

Posted in Guest Blogger, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 2 Comments May 1, 2016May 6, 2016 by Laura

Book Review: Whoosh! The Little Book For Birth Companions by Katie Brooke

You may know from reading my PND posts that I did not have a good birth experience with Caterpillar. Twelve hours of labour eventually led to an epidural and then an emergency c-section when Caterpillar’s…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 3 Comments March 27, 2016March 29, 2016 by

Posts navigation

Previous page Page 1 … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5

Fancy a chat?

  • View thebutterflymother’s profile on Facebook
  • View butterflymum83’s profile on Twitter
  • View butterflymum83’s profile on Instagram
  • View butterflymum83’s profile on Pinterest
  • View UCi5gUV0jaxs4Wix4DKRIrbA’s profile on YouTube

Hi, I’m Laura…

I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to two hilarious & challenging kids aged 10 & 4. Here you can find lots of Anxiety Management techniques as well as tips & self-care ideas for keeping mentally and emotionally well as a parent.

Read more about The Butterfly Mother

Like The Butterfly Mother on Facebook

Like The Butterfly Mother on Facebook

Recent Posts

  • Postnatal Depression – Ten Years On
  • Anxiety Recap For Surviving Lockdown
  • Nine Ways To Practice Self-Kindness (plus free journal!)
  • Have I Escaped Postnatal Depression Second Time Around? A ‘Fourth Trimester’ Update
  • Birth Story – Elective Gentle Caesarean Section 

Categories

  • #12DaysOfParenting
  • About me
  • Advocacy
  • Anxiety
  • Birth & Miscarriage
  • Blogging
  • Brand/Sponsored
  • Butterfly Book Club
  • Caterpillar Corner
  • Creative Kids
  • Debate
  • Depression
  • Film
  • Giveaways
  • Guest Blogger
  • Holidays/days out
  • Home
  • Learning
  • Learning & Play
  • Lifestyle
  • Meal Planning
  • Motherhood
  • My Mountain – Our Parenting Challenges
  • Peer Support
  • Politics
  • Pregnancy
  • Recipe Round-up
  • recipes
  • Recovery
  • Relationships
  • Reviews
  • Secondary Infertility
  • Self-care
  • Self-kindness
  • Tips
  • Uncategorized

© Copyright 2025 Design by Blog Beauty.

Pop your email address below to get your printable, and to receive fortnightly emails from The Butterfly Mother

* indicates required
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok