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Lisa’s Story

November 16, 2012 By motheradmin

Postnatal Depression week is 17-25 November.  Our theme is "Breaking the Silence"...  In the spirit of that theme, Mothers Helpers will be posting on our blog stories of mums who have battled postnatal depression.  This is Lisa's story. I have always wanted to be a Mum. Right from when I was a teenager I can remember longing to have a baby. When I got married at 22, all that was on my mind was babies babies babies. It took a while to fall pregnant with my son, nearly a year. Trying to conceive … [Read more...] about Lisa’s Story

Filed Under: Blog, Mums' PND Stories Tagged With: ante natal distress, antidepressants, breastfeed, help, high blood pressure, mother, postnatal anxiety, postnatal depression, reflux

Another Mother’s Story

May 22, 2012 By motheradmin

Tell us about you- what was your adult life like prior to having a baby? Like Kristina I always knew I wanted to get married and have children. Pre baby I was extremely confident, I was really proud of what I had achieved with my life, and generally pretty happy chilled person. I met the man of my dreams and we married a few years after that, we had travelled a lot and both bought investment properties and very happy together. We decided after we got married that we would move to Australia, … [Read more...] about Another Mother’s Story

Filed Under: Blog, Mums' PND Stories Tagged With: ante natal depression, ante natal metal health, breastfeed, help, mother, PND, postnatal depression, signs, support, therapists

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