Healing, Helping Others & Becoming A Healthwatch Ambassador
As many of you know, when I was very ill I was obsessed with reading blogs about anxiety and PND, in particular recovery stories, and made a promise to myself that if I got better…
Tag: reality vs expectation
Miscarriage after PND
I wrote back in November about my desire to have another baby. After experiencing such severe anxiety after Caterpillar’s birth, and a few times since, it has taken me several years to feel ready to have another…
Why Breast Is Not Always Best – Guest Post by Living With Layla Rose
Thank you for all your kind responses to last week’s post from Lisa about dealing with criticism as a parent. This week Jennie is raising another topic that’s really important to me personally, the challenge of breastfeeding… Before I…
The Price Of Birth Trauma
Yesterday I was asked to help at a lecture about birth trauma by the inspiring Dr Rebecca Moore, sharing my son’s birth story with MSc students of Womens Health. I’ve briefly touched on Caterpillar’s birth before…
Mummy-On-Demand
It’s 10.15am. Here is a somewhat abridged list of everything my son has demanded of me since 5am: 8 toilet trips (including one at 5am, the joy, and twice more while I was in the…
Six Reasons To Love Working Part Time
I always imagined I’d love being a stay-at-home-mum. My friends and I used to joke about all the coffee mornings we’d have watching This Morning, eating doughnuts and generally chilling out (Just…wow. Sometimes I really…
Parenting a high-needs baby – Guest Post By Katie at The Squirmy Popple
Thanks so much for your comments on Charlene’s eye-opening post about pregnancy last week. This week I’m joined by Katie at The Squirmy Popple. I didn’t really know many babies before having my own, so…
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…
Are You A Player?
One of the biggest sources of anxiety for me when Caterpillar was first born was that I wasn’t really enjoying being a mum. I’ve talked before about how this realisation/question literally shattered my brain and…
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…