There’s been numerous articles in the press about lack of postnatal care including support for breastfeeding. I’ve witnessed this first hand a number of times, mums feeling frazzled, overwhelmed and believing that they aren’t meeting the needs of their babies. Given how stretched our current midwifery and health visiting teams are and the situation with …
This week on #PNDHour, we will be talking about self-care. Self-care is more than going for a massage or getting our nails done. It’s vital in terms of anyone’s recovery from depression and should be prioritised for all carers in all settings. In our PND Hour, we will of course be talking about mums and …
Courtesy of Caroline from CeilidhKids To be sung to the tune of Elvis’ ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ Well since my baby joined me I’ve got some real sad news Although I love her dearly I’ve got the breastfeeding blues It makes me so bovine baby It makes me so bovine baby It makes me so bovine, I …
I can’t believe the holidays are over!!! Blink and you miss it. It’s been a brilliant few weeks filled with sun (in Scotland), beaches, fruit picking, day trips, chillaxing and more. I have to say at times it’s been full-on crazy trying to keep three energetic boys entertained and come lunch time, I’ve had to …
Checking out my webstats this week – someone arrived at my page with the search terms ‘Overcoming PND Guilt’. Interesting – what is it we should guilty about? You see – in my experience of supporting mums via NurtureMe, via support groups I run for twins club and Juno Edinburgh, via the twitter family/FB groups …
Here’s what I feel are some of the biggest emotions new parents experience. 1. GUILT Speak to most parents and one of the many things they will feel is guilt. Guilt can be over the birth (did I try hard enough for a ‘natural’ birth), feeding (did I try hard enough to breastfeed), wanting ‘me …
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We’ve been lucky to have three very affectionate, cuddly, tactile children who snuggled in our beds for hours in the morning, who are comfortable to pop through at night if they’ve had a bad dream or awake for any reason and we often find them sleeping in our beds as we walk upstairs at night. Recently, there’s …
An older lady recently stopped me to admire my client’s baby and the first thing she asked me is ‘Is he good?’. I want to explain that this little baby has had a huge hurdle to overcome – he’s had a serious case of silent reflux and because of that has been challenging and unsettled …
As my final post for National Breastfeeding Awareness Week, I wanted to share what I feel are good links and resources for breastfeeding – specifically aimed at new mums (or supporting partners). There’s so much help out there now, and fantastic online films and of course, let’s not forget the books. So here’s some reading …
Breastfeeding twins is such a positive achievement for many families. For some, it means overcoming a number of challenges, relevant to many singletons too, yet widely prevalent in this community. There are a number of common contributing factors to breastfeeding twins as follows: prematurity (50% born before 36 weeks) 70-80% born by c-section learning to breastfeed, …
