Guest blog on male infertility by J.R Silver. Father and author of the book Sharing Seeds. My wife and I were married in October 2012 and we started our fertility journey in 2013: this was shortly after my older sister and I had both tested positive for the BRCA1 cancer gene and several months before …
My daughter (P) is 13 and has Anorexia Nervosa, or rather: Anorexia Nervosa has her. She was diagnosed in December 2019 (aged 12) and, despite making some progress with the community CAMHS team, she stopped eating completely and was admitted to a specialist unit in February 2020. I didn’t think this would happen to my …
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Guest blog written by @confessionsofafostermum My upbringing revolved around domestic abuse. I was the child hiding under the bedsheets covering my ears to the chaos that surrounded me and I held my younger siblings tight to protect them from feeling the fear that I did every day. Those feelings of fear and trauma were the …
Guest blog by Orla (@preemiebabystore) Nobody can prepare you for the shock of having a premature birth and it comes with no warning. For me, I had just gotten over the shock of being told I was expecting twins on my first pregnancy and here I was, trying to adjust to another shock as I …
My name is Sheena and I am the Perfectly Imperfect Mum to my two girls Sienna (9) and Isla (7). I am also a Wellbeing Coach, Vegan Treats Creator and an Optometrist. I have battled with anxiety for most of my life and never felt good enough in anything I did. I never felt I …
Guest blog by Not A Fictional Mum. You’re about to become a mother, this is It! No more jagerbombs on a Wednesday. *still have the pass for a Saturday. You’re going to take up recycling, separating your darks from your lights on wash day (that’s right you’re also now upgrading to a designated wash day) …
Baby loss: Termination for medical reasons. Guest blog by an anonymous mum. When my husband and I started dating we joked that we were going to have enough children to form our own rugby 7’s team. Until meeting him I hadn’t even thought about children, I had my a career path in my mind and …
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We are Josie and Danni, the two mums who run Mummy Social. We are passionate about bringing mums together for friendship and support, believing that amazing things can happen when mums support mums. We know first hand how vital to our wellbeing peer to peer support is and how transformational to our mood simply getting …
Ali (38) is a mum to two little firecrackers. She’s suffered from illnesses in her younger years which has led to infertility. She and her husband chose adoption over fertility treatment and she regularly blogs about her journey and mental health, as well as her ‘winging it’ approach to motherhood. I recently caught up with …
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Harriet (31) is a mum to Mabel (16 months) who was born with a cleft palate. Here at Mummy Social this isn’t a subject we know much about so Danni had a chat with her to learn a bit more about her this condition and her experience. Thank you for taking the time to talk …
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