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How I live is how they’ll learn
There are times I’m asked a question that literally stops me in my tracks. And this happened to me last week. Sitting at my fortnightly shrink appointment, my therapist asked me how, as a result of my...
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We don’t all abandon our babies
I’m a sucker for reality TV. I’ve been known to obsess over cooking competitions, losing weight competitions, renovating competitions & those medical documentaries featuring women having babies...
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I’m ‘that mum’& proud of it
In a recent post in the Mama’s Comfort Camp FB group, there was a thread where one mum commented that she didn’t want to be labelled ‘that mum’. We all know ‘that mum’ & whatever it is that’s had...
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You’re not alone
After the birth of my daughter 4.5 years ago, I experienced the complete opposite of what the books, movies, other mums had told me about birth & the overwhelming love you feel when you see your...
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My message to you all on hope
Dear new mum, I’m watching you as you push your pram down the street & noticing others look at you with a glint in their eye reminiscing about the time when they walked their baby along the same...
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Maternal Depression – my lifelong battle with Selma & Patty
I’ve suffered from Depression & Anxiety disorders for as long as I can remember, except they were not given a name to me until I was in my twenties & went to my GP & saw a checklist of...
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And then I had no choice, but to surrender
I’ve previously written about my son’s struggles with feeding & eating since his birth. When he turned two back at the beginning of May, he started refusing to be spoon fed the puree he’d been...
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Paternal Depression – help for dads suffering & for those supporting their...
I have posted a lot on my blog about my history & what happened when I had PND/PPD & what help I received at the time. I’ve posted the series on Postpartum Progress on those of us that formed a...
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Yuz Rozenblum: On PPD & Coping with a Baby With Special Needs – Postpartum...
Dear new mum of a premature baby or baby with special needs, I know this isn’t what you expected – a baby born too early or with some medical complication/s following his/her birth, but this is now you...
View ArticleMy post in Home Life Simplified – June 2013
Once a month Home Life Simplified features the story of survivors of perinatal illnesses (this covers PND, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD, Psychosis). Debra from Home Life Simplied, found that so many women...
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