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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 story of how video interaction...

Feelings of loneliness can feel apparent and sometimes frightening during the last months of pregnancy at the best of times, and especially for new Mums to be. A new chapter in...

Introduction to Postnatal depression Becoming a parent can be a shock, and it is perfectly normal to feel emotionally vulnerable and sensitive after your baby is born, especially...

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 holiday whenever you wanted...

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 be aware of all the dreams you...

Is there a link between narcissism and postnatal depression? Mothers with a narcissistic personality disorder or spouses of a narcissistic partner are more likely to develop...

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 feel vulnerable again....

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 friends or relatives doing it. Most...

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 who went through postnatal...

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 years we are commonly expected to...