maternalmentalhealth

Dealing with postpartum anxiety.

Anxiety had never really been something I’d suffered with until I became a first time Mum. I had always felt slightly anxious in social situations but I wasn’t prepared for what hit me. The minute I became a Mum, I felt anxious about most things; feeding, burping, being up in the night, my daughter’s generalContinue reading “Dealing with postpartum anxiety.”

Time to bond with your baby.

I read something recently on an Instagram post which said, “that wave of love you feel when you first hold your baby”. I wasn’t even surprised. There seems to be a societal expectation for Mothers to feel this rush of love and have this instant bond with their baby and if they don’t, there isContinue reading “Time to bond with your baby.”