Kristina talks again with Zelandia. In this episode, Zelandia talks about her feelings as a new mum, identifies some of the changes that are needed in the maternity sector, what she did that really helped her, and although she is still learning to manage her mental health, how she has prevented PTSD. To listen to the FULL episode, click here https://youtu.be/zyfsLjTC0ZY Thanks to Aethel for the theme song to our podcast “Fog and Fire” – to listen to the full song, you can find Aethel … [Read more...] about Feeding and the Mental Health of New Mothers
Adjusting to Motherhood
The Pressures and Expectations of Motherhood
In part one of this two-part episode, singer/songwriter Aethel AKA Jasmine Brett (of podcast theme song “Fog and Fire”) speaks to show host Kristina Grace about the pressures and expectations of motherhood and postnatal depression. To listen to the FULL episode, click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mBH7Cixx5g&t=5s Thanks to Aethel for the theme song to our podcast “Fog and Fire” – to listen to the full song, you can find Aethel on Spotify Follow Mothers … [Read more...] about The Pressures and Expectations of Motherhood
Climbing Out of the Darkness (and the sweatpants!)
Guest Blogger: Amy Taylor After a complex first pregnancy I was anxious that number two would be the same. Much joy but some trepidation when the doctor called to say I was pregnant. I lost that baby. I held my fetus in my hand and weeped. On my very next cycle I was expecting again but this time the anxiety gripped me every day. Each time I went to the loo, I’d check my undies . I found myself sitting on the loo far more often than I needed to just as an excuse to check. My first midwife … [Read more...] about Climbing Out of the Darkness (and the sweatpants!)
When I Look Back
Guest Blogger: Rebecca Allen Just this last weekend my husband compassionately said to me “I wish you got to enjoy Harvey the way I did when he was little”. My reply was a heartfelt “so do I”. For me, being new to motherhood was a time full of anxiety, fear, paranoia, isolation and depression. Pre-children, I was a woman of the world! I had travelled extensively, really lived my life, and had moved back to New Zealand when I met my now husband. Within two years I had my own … [Read more...] about When I Look Back
From One Mum to Another
by Mothers Helpers Founder Kristina Paterson It took me 18 months to go and get some help for the way that I was feeling. 9 of those months I was anxious throughout my pregnancy but the midwife didn't pick up on it. In the first week after my baby was born, I had a new midwife, and she said to me that if I was still crying by day 7 (hours of crying every day), then I'd have to go and see the doctor as I may have postnatal depression. So I forced myself to stop crying. I … [Read more...] about From One Mum to Another
High Expectations and Depression
It would be fair to say that for some mothers who have developed perinatal depression/anxiety, the "temperament" that researchers speak of that make some mothers more prone to developing it than others is not only that we're naturally a sensitive soul, but we can also place high unrealistic expectations on ourselves - setting ourselves up to fail and becoming disappointed with ourselves time and time again. Whether you are recovering from your first episode of perinatal depression or … [Read more...] about High Expectations and Depression
