There isn’t much I can write about mental health that I haven’t previously written in the blog, If you have followed my journey since I gave birth to J you will know that I suffered from post natal depression & anxiety. I went on to have counselling and antidepressants. Ever since I fell pregnant with N I have been absolutely petrified that it would happen again after his birth. I came off my antidepressants at 10 weeks pregnant with N so from then on I just had to cope on my own. I didn’t have to stop taking them, but I …
post natal depression
World Mental Health Day 2013
Today, October 10th 2013, is World Mental Health Day. It’s a time to talk. A time to change. A time to let the stigma of talking about mental health run free. This year, they day focuses on mental health in older people. But everybody knows it’s not just older people that suffer from mental health. Regular readers of my blog will know that I myself have suffered with mental health, and I chose to talk about it openly. It is nothing to be ashamed of. But too many people make others feel ashamed. I have many friends and acquaintances who …
Pregnancy with a toddler
When I was pregnant with little man, I wouldn’t say I found the pregnancy particularly easy, as I had absolutely no idea what to expect. But it was so much easier than this one. Again, when I was pregnant for the short time with our little angel, it wasn’t particularly easy; slightly harder than little man’s, but again, easier than this one. Little man was only 6 months old at the time and not even crawling, so I didn’t really have a lot of running around after him to do, and he napped more, so I could join him. This …
When you feel depressed
When you’re feeling depressed… …do you feel paranoid, like everything everybody says to is out to hurt you, even though they’re only joking (you hope)? When you’re feeling depressed… …do you just wish the world would stop turning, go away, leave you alone, you just want to be on your own? When you’re feeling depressed… …do you just want to go to sleep, hide away, and wake up when it’s all over, when you feel better? When you’re feeling depressed… …do you start to hate everyone around you, snap at even the tiniest little thing, and then realise it’s not …
Nobody Said It Was Easy
Nobody said it was easy… …when you can’t conceive and are diagnosed with some form of infertility. Nobody said it was easy… …seeing what seems like everyone around you falling pregnant and having babies. Nobody said it was easy… …having to go through fertility treatment. Nobody said it was easy… …when you get that long awaited BFP and bleed and worry throughout. Nobody said it was easy… …to go through labour and birth. Nobody said it was easy… …to deal with post natal depression, and hating yourself and everyone around you. Nobody said it was easy… …falling pregnant whilst fighting …