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Thank you for sharing this - isn’t it amazing how sometimes one listen question can change everything & open the gates to support? ❤️❤️⬇️ If anyone else is struggling, please know can help x

“I felt I had a relatively easy ride with my mental health when I had tiny human #1 - I was probably one of those very annoying mums in baby groups who looked pretty relaxed and like they were enjoying it most of the time (before you hate me, read on).

At my 6-week postnatal check-up for tiny human #2, I remember asking various anxious questions about his health, then thanking the doctor and getting ready to slope out of the room - just as I was leaving, she said ‘are you ok? You don’t quite seem like your usual perky self’. And tears started absolutely cascading down my cheeks.

Because I wasn’t ok. I’d found being pregnant during the pandemic totally s**t, I’d had some difficult news from a friend that I wasn’t processing well, and I was holding it all and panicking about my tiny human’s health in a way I recognised wasn’t normal.

And that’s when the doctor’s attention moved straight away from my tiny human to me. She kept reassuring me he was happy and fine. She referred me for counselling, but a few weeks later rang to told me the service was full. The kindness in her follow up was genuine - she was trying to work out a next plan of action for me getting some help.

But by that point I was doing much better because her question had been the stepping stone to me telling my family that I was feeling s**tty and trying to explain why. And slowly - through finding a community on here, though talking things through with my friends and family, doing a singing group aimed at helping new mums with their MH ( 🙏💜) & focussing on trying not to beat myself up about it being a different experience the second time around - I started to feel more like me.

And the reason I’m telling you this is because everyone’s postnatal MH story is different: I don’t even know what label mine had (if any) but I know that I didn’t feel like myself. I also know that with support it can and it does get better 💜

xx”

Full class this morning. Some lovely sensory play and baby massage

Happy Easter 🐣 🍫

Lovely to see parents and their babies enjoying my classes! 🥰

A valentines class to end my current 5 week course

New course dates available!
5 week baby massage & sensory course. Desford venue available for bookings now.

New course available for bookings now! This one runs through April/May. Suitable from birth.

New year!! Want to meet other new parents? Get out with your baby, learn a new skill and bond? You can still book onto this 5 week baby massage & sensory course starting Friday 19th Jan!
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