Having a baby during lockdown has presented challenges for new parents that could never have been planned for. Below is an account of a mother's stor…

Feelings of loneliness can feel apparent and sometimes frightening during the last months of pregnancy at the best of times, and especially for new M…

Becoming a mother is life-changing in ways you may not even of thought of before. You change from someone who could work late, go out or even go on h…

You may have spent many years dreaming about having a baby, or perhaps this decision was only made once you or your partner became pregnant. You may…

Could there be a link between narcissism and postnatal depression?

One of our hardest moments in life is when we feel rejected by a loved one. In that moment we feel vulnerable. Everything that we do later is not to…

It doesn't matter how many times people tell you that your life will totally change after having kids. It doesn't matter if you have seen your friend…

A mother told me she felt so symbiotically attached to her daughter that she couldn't leave her with anyone without feeling anxious. A friend of mine…

Understand the triggers: the stuff that just really doesn't help us 1. Pressure to succeed and to pull ourselves together Right from our early year…

I would like to dedicate this article to all those mums, who won't be joyously celebrating Mother's Day – not that they wouldn't like to! But instead…

Postnatal depression (PND)  Postnatal depression (PND) affects many new mums, it is estimated that at least one in ten new mothers' suffer from PND.…

Many women experience the ‘baby blues’ following the birth of a baby. This usually starts three to 10 days after giving birth and is so common that i…