“You can’t eat that. Why aren’t you eating this?” “You definitely shouldn’t be doing that. You should be doing this.” The initial joy and excitement of your pregnancy can soon become an overwhelming barrage of do’s and don’ts. From advice from other mothers to numerous online articles, it can be Read more…
From your head to your toes, every part of your body changes during pregnancy- especially your skin. Skin conditions experienced by pregnant women range from stretch marks and rashes to melasma, and in some cases, these skin conditions can cause pregnant women some discomfort. Read more…
After S’s father left, and my friends started to find out what had been going on, one of them christened him Twunty. This is what his name will be from now on. I’ve written a lot about my breakdown. I’ve written about my birth story and the things that Read more…
September 2011. For the past few months I’ve been living in this house, returning to my own home only to pay rent and pick up my post. Living here is quite stressful; there are six children running around with very little in the way of discipline, guidance or boundaries. There Read more…
Seeing Kit this week has had me thinking a lot about the past two years. This time two years ago, I was just preparing to move into this flat. I had just gotten back together with S’s father for the last time. I thought I had seven weeks left of Read more…
When I was pregnant, I came off the medication I had been on since my breakdown. My GP wanted me to go back onto it once I’d reached 12 weeks, but I refused. (I still refuse). As a compromise, she suggested I see a counsellor instead. I had been through Read more…
I had a nervous breakdown in 2010. While I was recovering, I met a man and became pregnant quite quickly. I wrote this in November 2011, when I was around 3 months pregnant with S. I had come off my antidepressants when I first found out I was pregnant, and Read more…