MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH

I Didn’t Want to Be Here Anymore After Having a Baby “I didn’t want to be here anymore after having a baby. I went to the darkest place I’ve ever been in my life.” Kate Lawler recently opened up about her postnatal depression. In a DailyMail article, she said: “The first year of motherhood was …

‘I knew that mental health issues were common. Yet I still felt ashamed about feeling low and depressed after becoming a mum,’ I read this lady sharing the other day in a Facebook group for mums. She had suffered in silence after giving birth to her son. She had struggled to bond with him, hadn’t …

“Just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so.” – Lemony Snicket “What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” – Glenn Close Why is mental health a taboo subject? This is a question I ask myself a lot. It makes me sad to see how many people still …

“I didn’t feel love when I first met my babies.” It’s the sentence I never thought I’d say, and the truth I was terrified to admit. Our twin boys were born via emergency C-section, and I couldn’t wait to meet them. I had imagined that magical rush of love everyone promised: the fireworks, the tears …

Guest post  Here I welcome Rachel Hunter N.N.E.B, Private Nanny, Nursery Owner, Child Minder, TA, STA, and MUM. Rachel is a Holistic Therapist & works with Women and children at R&R Therapy, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7LX. Rachel is a postnatal depression survivor and a mum to two adult children. In the below post, she …