Postnatal Depression – Ten Years On
My son is ten years old today. When I reflect on the early weeks and months of his life, I take pride in how far we have both come. Together. I was so unwell, the…
Category: Pregnancy
Introducing Our Rainbow Baby
For those of you who don’t follow me on Facebook or Instagram, I’d like to introduce you to the latest member of our family; Beatrice Lily, born at 12.27pm on 17th May. We’re all…
Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Third Trimester
The overwhelm is real, people. With less than a fortnight to go Anxiety has definitely come nipping at my heels in recent days. I expected this, of course, but it still takes lots of hard…
Six
Dear Caterpillar In many ways the last year has flown by so quickly. How can you possibly be six already? How can you be in your last term of Year One? My baby is no…
PND & Anxiety: ‘Fourth Trimester’ Survival Kit
Thanks to everyone who watched today’s Facebook Live (if you missed it, click here). I want to do everything I can to avoid experiencing PND & Anxiety following my current pregnancy and one of the…
PND & Anxiety Relapse – Six Ways To Prepare An Older Child
My son asked me a really tough question last week; “When the baby comes will you be sad, I mean, ill again?” First, the little self-correction between sad and ill made me feel so proud…
Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – Second Trimester
I’m a little behind on this post as, at almost 31 weeks, I’m well into the third trimester now. But there’s so much I want to catalogue from this pregnancy and I want to help…
Pregnant After PND – Balancing Expectations
I’m now 24 weeks pregnant and as the anxiety about the pregnancy itself begins to ease I allow myself to imagine life as a mum of two. Unrealistic expectations were a big trigger for my…
Wishes for 2019
The biggest aim of The Butterfly Mother is, and always has been, to help other mums going through PND, Postnatal Anxiety, Postnatal OCD or any other mental health issues. However, every once in a while…
Pregnant After Postnatal Depression & Anxiety – First Trimester
Anyone who didn’t read my last post should probably go back and take a look before reading this one! But in short, for anyone brand new, I experienced severe PND and Anxiety following the birth…