by Hannah Ashford | Oct 29, 2020 | Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
The mental load is a term many use to describe the project management of household and childcare tasks. Emma, a French comic artist, describes the mental load in some detail here. It is often the unseen tasks that women tend to do that others may not notice. The...
by Hannah Ashford | Sep 27, 2020 | Infant Feeding, Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
For the parents of babies born in lockdown 2020 it has been such a hard year. In my role as a breastfeeding counsellor for both Early Nourishment and the NCT I have listened to hundreds of parents in the last 6 months. I am hearing just how hard this year has been and...
by Hannah Ashford | Sep 22, 2020 | Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
Go back 4 years and we were first time parents to our daughter Phoebe. She was a dream, such a chilled out baby, breastfed perfectly from birth and generally never had any problems with her. Well, that was until the sun went down, and suddenly I would think someone...
by Hannah Ashford | Sep 20, 2020 | Infant Feeding, Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
Toxic positivity is a fairly new concept. To a mother who feels overwhelmed with life, positive comments, praise and advice about looking after herself can put more pressure on her to do more and leave her feeling as though she is failing. So what is toxic positivity?...
by Hannah Ashford | Sep 10, 2020 | Perinatal Mental Health
You may or may not be aware that today is ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ & this week is ‘Maternal Suicide Prevention Week’. Suicide prevention is close to my heart. For over 2 years I worked for the specialist perinatal mental health team...
by Hannah Ashford | Aug 27, 2020 | Parenting, Perinatal Mental Health
My history with depression On some levels I feel depression is part of my genetic make up my mum suffers with depression as did her mum. And although it’s something I’ve always been aware of; I have never been proactive in looking after myself. Before...
