Ah, pregnancy. The season of excitement, nausea, and suddenly questioning every single purchase youāve ever made. One minute youāre glowing and Googling baby names. The next, youāre staring at a Ā£79 breast pump online thinking, āShould I get this?ā If this is your first pregnancy, welcome. Youāre not doing anything wrong. Youāre just overwhelmed, like …
This is one of those things that feels obvious once you say it out loud, but somehow still needs saying. Struggle is not a badge of honour. Yet when mums talk about motherhood, it often sounds like exhaustion is something to be proud of. Tiredness becomes a shared identity. Overwhelm feels normal. Neglecting your needs …
Hey, lovely! Here’s a quick intro if you’re new to Mumsjourney. Iām Ivana Poku ā founder of Mumsjourney blog, author of Motherhood: The Unspoken, and an award-winning mentor supporting mums on their motherhood journey. After the birth of my twins in 2016, I experienced severe postnatal depression. It was the most difficult period of my …
Iām not going to sugar-coat this. Postpartum life can feel like a lot. Actuallyāscratch that. It can feel like too much. One minute youāre staring at your baby thinking, How did I get so lucky? The next minute youāre crying because you dropped your toast. Yes. Toast. And then you start wonderingā¦ āIs this normal?āāAm …
You imagined pregnancy would be glowing skin. Cute bump photos. Calm nesting energy. Instead? Your brain is running a full-time panic podcast. āWhat if something goes wrong?āāWhy donāt I feel excited enough?āāIs it normal to feel this anxious?āāAm I already failing as a mum?ā And now youāre Googling pregnancy anxiety at 2am. Welcome. You are …
Dinner time with children is really something else, isn’t it? It requires impressive logistics and management skills. Well, not the cooking part. The thinking part. The deciding, planning, remembering, shopping ā and then somehow still finding the energy to cook something halfway decent when youāre already running on fumes. I donāt know about you, but …