Category " Maternity"

Making a positive difference to the lifelong mental health effects of the perinatal period  We all work towards every pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to be as healthy and happy as possible for all involved. That isn’t always the reality, especially regarding mental health. The Royal College of Midwifery recently published ‘Strengthening Perinatal Mental Health […]

I was delighted to attend Amplifying Maternal Voices – Perinatal Mental Health Conference 2023 in London recently as a Champion of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. The top photo is of me with fellow champions at the event. This is a summary of the day with many links, future events and possible contacts for you […]

I was delighted to be invited by Sue Macdonald to be on a webinar and podcast for  The Maternity and Midwifery Hour  recently.  The last time I was on this series I had Long COVID. It felt so good to feel physically and mentally well this time! The other guest was Rosie Dolman, now a matron […]

It is widely accepted that the death of a loved one is a major cause of pain, hardship and stress for those left behind – yet why are we still not speaking loud enough to prevent the avoidable deaths by suicide? The latest MBRRACE report released a few days ago highlighted that In 2020, women […]

It has been a long time since I was moved to tears about what happened to my family and me in the first year of my son’s life. Yet cry I did when watching an episode of ‘Location, Location, Location’  last week, on Thursday October 10th.  Why would seeing a happy new family, installed in […]