Support, advice, and resources for mums struggling with postpartum challenges, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, stress, and mental wellbeing.
“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 …
Do you wonder how to enjoy Christmas with kids when you’re just not feeling it? Our first Christmas with the twins in 2016 was nothing like I expected. As much as I love them, it can also be utterly exhausting. But that’s motherhood, right? Some days are full of joy, and others are filled with …
Hello! If we haven’t met yet, I am Ivana. I run MumsJourney, a blog dedicated to supporting mums through every stage of motherhood. I’m also the author of Motherhood: The Unspoken and an award-winning maternal mental health advocate and mentor. After giving birth to my twins in 2016, I experienced severe postpartum depression (PPD). It …
Before your baby arrived, you probably imagined snuggles, overhwelming love, and that magical “new mum glow.” But now that the baby is here, it’s nothing like what you pictured. Instead of glowing, you feel drained and quietly wondering, “Am I the only one finding this so hard?” You are not alone feeling like this. After …
