Category: Motherhood

Perinatal Mental Health: ‘Everyone wants to hold the baby, but who holds the mum?’

May 14, 2021 | Motherhood

Guest post by Steph Cullen During my first pregnancy in 2015 my mental health spiralled quite...

Obstetric anal sphincter injury: ‘Would a man wait three years to be fixed with full bowel incontinence?’

Apr 21, 2021 | Motherhood

Guest post by Chantelle. [Trigger warning: birth injury] When you walk through hospital doors, you...

‘Pregnancy after loss paralyses you between happiness and fear – but doctors have said so many insensitive things to me on this journey’

Mar 22, 2021 | Motherhood

Anonymous guest post. [Trigger warning: miscarriage] Exactly a year ago the world went into...

#NotNeurotic: An alternative Mother’s Day perspective

Mar 14, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Mother’s Day reflections, as #NotNeurotic comes to an end As a women’s health...

#NotNeurotic: ‘Having a positive birth experience helped me to feel confident and enjoy the process’

Mar 13, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Q&A with Madeleine Shaw Over the last two weeks, Hysterical Women has been publishing the...

#NotNeurotic: ‘All birthing people are entitled to safe, dignified, maternity care that respects their right to make decisions about their own body.’

Mar 12, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Q&A with charity Birthrights Birthrights is the UK’s only organisation dedicated to...

#NotNeurotic: ‘As a non-binary parent, I spent my pregnancy silencing and censoring myself’

Mar 11, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Guest post by Shelly Nelson-Shore from the US The #NotNeurotic series is published in...

#NotNeurotic: ‘They just didn’t believe me’ – pregnancy with hyperemesis gravidarum

Mar 10, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Q&A with Charlotte Howden, Producer of Sick: The Battle Against HG Charlotte Howden is the...

#NotNeurotic: ‘Something was wrong – despite many medical professionals insisting otherwise’

Mar 9, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Guest post by Lui Sit The #NotNeurotic series is published in partnership with BetterYou, whose...

#NotNeurotic: Misogynoir, Misdiagnosis and Miscarriage

Mar 5, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Guest post by Vanessa Haye. [Trigger warning: miscarriage] The #NotNeurotic series is published in...

#NotNeurotic: The Keeper of the Caesareans

Mar 4, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Guest post by Nicola Chegwin The #NotNeurotic series is published in partnership with BetterYou,...

#NotNeurotic: Katiana’s story – ‘It took an autopsy to confirm what my intuition already knew’

Mar 3, 2021 | #NotNeurotic, Motherhood

Guest post by S. Dorothy Smith from the US. [Trigger warning: baby loss] The #NotNeurotic series...

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