Postnatal Depression & Anxiety Risk Factors
Why did I get Postnatal Depression? Why did I develop Anxiety? Why me? These questions haunted me for a really long time during the latter stages of recovery. After the initial illness begins to pass…
Tag: grief & loss
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…
Seven Things I’ve Learnt From Our First Maternity Bereavement & Mental Health Course
Last week Sarah of Lotus Petal Family Support & I hosted our first awareness event for perinatal mental health. We teamed up with baby loss support organisation From My Womb To My Heart to create…
Champagne & Tissues
A few weeks ago my son came home from nursery with a graduation certificate. Pre-parenthood we may have scoffed at such a silly thing but the mother in me completely welled up. Confused, he asked me…
A Year Of Grief & Gratitude
The inclination to reflect on our lives, and ourselves, is an integral part of human nature for almost all of us. To reflect and sometimes also to judge, especially at this time of year. Despite…
From Parliament To Pub
Despite only living an hour out of London, and commuting there for 15 years, I still get a little touristy. So when the fantastic Dr Raja Gangopadhyay invited me to attend his event at the House…
Am I Sick Or Sad? Managing Emotions After PND
I’ve been sad a lot lately. Life has thrown us a few curve balls this year and 2016 hasn’t been quite what I hoped for or expected. It’s hard when life doesn’t go your way…
Dear Someone
Dear Someone It’s me, it’s Mummy. Can I call myself that? Am I still your mother when you were never quite a person? When does life begin? At the moment a cell is created? The…
What Nobody Tells You About Miscarriage
*Trigger Warning* This post contains fairly graphic descriptions of miscarriage which some people may find upsetting. I especially wouldn’t recommend for anyone currently enjoying a healthy pregnancy. The 9th to 15th October is Baby Loss…
A New Era I Never Thought I’d See
Note: This post contains reference to suicidal thoughts and may be triggering for some people so please proceed with caution It’s difficult to admit this but there was a time when I thought I would…