Tag Archives: motherhood

Time to Talk: therapy, meds, slow confidence and joy

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Sarah

I’ve now been in therapy and on medication for anxiety for about 7 months. In honour of ‘Time to Talk‘ day, I thought it was a good time to write again, not least because I have something very positive to … Continue reading →

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It’s been a while

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Sarah

…Again. So I’m just going to rattle through the “highlights” of the past 7 months… Mid-February, I fell ill with an awful cough that lasted weeks, came with added bonus conjunctivitis, and then as a final flourish turned into a … Continue reading →

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Approaching the end of the first year

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Sarah

Three months since I went back to work. The weather is finally getting warm and my daughter, who this time last year was getting ready to be born, is now rapidly learning to move herself around. These last few weeks … Continue reading →

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Surviving

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Sarah

The first three weeks are done. I’ve officially stepped over the threshold into the “working mum” phase of my life. It’s kind of a relief, no longer to have it looming in the future… no longer to feel panicked at … Continue reading →

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Breastfeeding

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Sarah

In the autumn I took part in a women’s therapy group, hosted by a local postnatal mental health support service. I had been struggling with anxiety, mainly on the theme of health worries, but surprisingly, every week that I went … Continue reading →

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Another four months

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Sarah

Another four months have passed since I wrote about the first four months with my baby. My partner has just begun his four months of parental leave; we are overlapping by two weeks, so that we can all adjust, and … Continue reading →

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Becoming a mummy: the first four months

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Sarah

I first saw her at twenty to one in the morning, at the end of 30 hours of labour that culminated in a forceps delivery in an operating theatre. I was very unwell from the spinal block, uncontrollably shaking, and … Continue reading →

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Posted retrospectively

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Sarah

There is something unique about the abject misery that has overwhelmed me at intervals during this pregnancy. There is something about the desperate, animal rawness of the crying that is as harrowing to witness in myself as it is refreshing … Continue reading →

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An update on my “journey”

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Sarah

I previously wrote about trying to conceive, and the setback of being diagnosed with endometriosis. When I last wrote several months ago I wasn’t sure of the extent of the problem, or what (if any) help might be needed. I … Continue reading →

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On parenthood: longings and fears

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Sarah

Part of the magic of having a child for many people surely is underlining a union with a beloved partner – preserving it forever in the double helix, to borrow from a poetic Jewel lyric. The entwining goes beyond the partners to … Continue reading →

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