Support, advice, and resources for mums struggling with postpartum challenges, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, stress, and mental wellbeing.
If you’re struggling with postnatal (postpartum) depression, you’re probably asking yourself: “How long will this last?” I asked myself the same questions after I had my twins. When you’re in the thick of it, it often feels like it’s never going to end. Days feel too long, hope feels out of reach, and you don’t …
Youāve seen it everywhereā¦ postpartum, postnatalā¦ but what do they actually mean? You read one article talking about postpartum recovery. Then another mentions postnatal care. One person talks about postpartum depression, while your health visitor says postnatal depression. And before long, you’re sitting there thinking: ‘”Waitā¦ what’s the difference between those two?” You’re not the …
Everyone told you the newborn stage would be the hardest. And it was. But now your baby is 6, 7, 8, or 9 months oldā¦ and you donāt feel much better. Or maybe you did for a while – but now the tears are back, the anxiety is creeping in, or you feel completely overwhelmed …
So, you’ve had a baby, and instead of the joy and happiness everyone promised, you feel the complete opposite. Not only do you feel sad, anxious, or low, but you’re also having thoughts and feelings that terrify you. You’ve heard of postnatal depression (PPD) and postpartum psychosis before, but you have no idea whether either …
Postnatal depression recoveryĀ (from a mum who’s been there) If youāre struggling with postnatal depression (also postpartum depression or PPD), Iām sure you desperately want to feel better. Like you again. You want to finally enjoy your baby instead of crying and feeling no hope for the future. You want to be happy again. I …
This might be one of the most important posts I will ever write. Because postpartum depression (PPD) is still so misunderstood. And that misunderstanding is exactly why so many new mums struggle in silence. When a new mum (or dad) is going through it, people often donāt know how to helpā¦ and the person struggling …
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