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Are you expecting too much of yourself? – Protecting emotional wellbeing.
Surround yourself with love and protect your heart with peace When it comes to mental wellbeing having a baby is an especially challenging time, not only is pregnancy a time of change for your body,...
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Mindfulness – the magical world around us.
Yeats I recently had a conversation with a friend regarding Mindfulness. I will be honest and say that I have struggled to practice it despite having various apps and hearing others others say how...
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Kindness and compassion – why they matter.
One dictionary defines Kindness as going out of your way to be nice to someone or to show a person you care. Other definitions say kindness embodies generosity, selflessness and love. Compassion...
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Should babies really sleep through the night?
I open my eyes, darkness. The moon’s silver glow casts shadows on the walls, my heart quickens, the wind howls and I am sure I can hear all kinds of scary and worrying things. I turn over and reach...
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Invisibility – Your ultimate superpower
A few weeks ago a person I greatly admire called me a real life superhero. Embarrassed and feeling very much surprised I had a little laugh to myself thinking if only they knew the truth. Im certainly...
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I wish I could ban the word – Failure.
‘I don’t believe in failure because simply by saying you’ve failed you’ve admitted you attempted and anyone who attempts is not a failure’ Failure, if I could ban any word it would be that one. Failure...
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The first time Ever I saw your face.
“The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes, and the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave to the dark and the endless skies”...
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Finding your happy ending.
When I trained as a doula it helped me in so many ways. I learned about the physiology of birth the way a women’s body responds, the role of hormones and way both a woman and those supporting her...
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Jaundice in newborns and protecting breastfeeding.
Jaundice* is a common and usually harmless condition in newborn babies, that causes yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes. The symptoms of newborn jaundice usually develop two to three days...
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What matters in birth?
There is a growing concern about helping women to have what is termed a ‘normal birth’. That is a birth with no interventions, no pain relief etc. This is understandable as years ago, for women...
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What matters to women in birth? – women’s voices
This is the second of three blogs discussing what matters in birth. The first blog looked at birth and the growing concerns around de-medicalising it. In order to find out what really matters to...
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We need to act on Perinatal mental health
I sat in the psychiatrist’s room, the light shining on my back, warming my tired bones. Id lost hope, hope that anyone could hear me, or know what was clawing at my soul. I finished my story, my...
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National maternity review birth tank – Matexp
On Thursday 22th October 2015, Myself, Helen, Gill, and Flo went to the National maternity review ‘Birth tank’ at the International convention centre in Birmingham. The event was to ‘pool ideas to...
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What matters in birth? – Staff voices
This is the third of three Blogs looking at what matters in Birth. The previous blog looked at what women voiced about what matters to them when it comes to their birth experience. This blog is some...
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Just a support worker
Im just a support worker, I use to say this a lot, mainly because that was how I felt. I felt that compared to those around me I was not that important, all I do is support, I don’t treat terrible...
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Why are so many Mums struggling?
I spend a lot of time around mums, whether they be first time mums or seasoned mums of three or four little ones. I run a support group, I see them on home visits, on postnatal wards and clinics....
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Battles of the mind – Intrusive thoughts
My daughter was stood right next to me, her cheeks rosey from the cold wind blowing across the pond. Her tiny hands clutch tightly small pieces of bread, ready to throw to the very eagerly awaiting...
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Perinatal mental health – we need more services.
I was discharged from the mental health services yesterday. To be honest Im not sure how I feel. Its a mix between happiness, sadness and fear. It took me a long time to get any help with my mental...
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Hope – Why the right diagnosis matters – perinatal mental health.
I sat in the chair feeling numb, was I really in denial? I didn’t think I was, but then I wasn’t the expert. The CPN in front of me wore an expression mixed with pity and frustration. I had been...
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Is there a Perinatal mental health band wagon?
I feel worried. Worried, because there seems to be some what of a perinatal band wagon lately. Where ever you look, there are articles, stories being shared and people discussing perinatal mental...
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