Ivana Poku

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Updated on June 17, 2026December 28, 2025Leave a CommentPOSTPARTUM LIFE

Postpartum Mental Health: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and When to Ask for Help

I’m not going to sugar-coat this. Postpartum life can feel like a lot. Actually—scratch that. It can feel like too much. One minute you’re staring at your baby thinking, How did I get so lucky? The next minute you’re crying because you dropped your toast. Yes. Toast. And then you start wondering… “Is this normal?”“Am …

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Updated on June 17, 2026December 23, 2025Leave a CommentPREGNANCY

Pregnancy Anxiety: What’s Normal and When to Get Support

You imagined pregnancy would be glowing skin. Cute bump photos. Calm nesting energy. Instead? Your brain is running a full-time panic podcast. “What if something goes wrong?”“Why don’t I feel excited enough?”“Is it normal to feel this anxious?”“Am I already failing as a mum?” And now you’re Googling pregnancy anxiety at 2am. Welcome. You are …

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Updated on April 22, 2026December 21, 2025Leave a CommentMotherhood Through the Years POSTPARTUM LIFE

I Tried Gousto Recipes for a Month as a Busy Mum – Here’s the Honest Truth

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 — and then somehow still finding the energy to cook something halfway decent when you’re already running on fumes. I don’t know about you, but …

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December 17, 2025December 17, 2025Leave a CommentMotherhood Through the Years

Parenting Older Kids: How to Handle New Challenges with Confidence

When does it get easier? It’s what every new mum asks. Many mums of older kids say, never. And while I’ve never liked that answer, the older my boys get, the more I understand exactly what they mean. While I am convinced — and forever will be — that the postpartum stage is the most …

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Updated on December 20, 2025December 14, 2025Leave a CommentMotherhood Through the Years

Parenting Older Kids: Why I’m More Tired Now Than When They Were Babies

It sounds wild, doesn’t it? Especially if you remember those early baby days when you were constantly sleep deprived and it was all about survival. I used to think that was the most exhausted I would ever be. The kind of tired that lives in your bones and never fully leaves. And yet here I …

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Updated on December 10, 2025December 10, 2025Leave a CommentPOSTPARTUM LIFE

When Your Partner Becomes Super Dad: A Real Talk Guide for New Mums Who Feel Overlooked

Let’s have a little real talk, mum to mum. Imagine we’re sitting in a cosy coffee shop, kids at home with a sitter. You take a sip of your drink, lean in, and whisper: “I don’t know why this bothers me… but my husband is SO good with the baby it’s annoying.” And I nod. …

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