by admin | 16, 06, 25 | Mum Stories
Georgia's Story I wanted to share a bit of my story — a glimpse into what it’s really like to navigate motherhood while facing mental health challenges. Everyone involved with Happy Mums, whether we work there, volunteer, or support in other ways, has lived...
by admin | 29, 04, 22 | Mum Stories
There’s peculiar anguish of feeling suicidal whilst pregnant or as a new parent: the shame, the taboo, the bewildering loneliness, the chasm between others’ expectations and what I was feeling inside, the complexity of being the vehicle for another’s life when...
by admin | 26, 04, 22 | Mum Stories
As told to Happy Mums, by an Anonymous Mum My maternal mental health began when I regrettably informed close family members as soon as we found out we were expecting. Then came the comments “Be careful before 12 weeks”, “don’t do this, don’t do...
by admin | 20, 04, 22 | Mum Stories
While pregnant I was seeing the mental health midwife at my local hospital in Carlisle. She was great and helped to make a plan for as soon as I gave birth. As soon as Lucas was born I started back on my mental health medication, that had been stopped correctly...
