Sophie (24) is a mum to Kaylen (4) and Ziggy (18 months) and until Ziggy was 9 months old she thought she had two healthy boys. However, what she thought was a trip to A&E with a simple childhood illness turned out to be the start of a nightmare for her family. A chest x-ray …
Danni recently caught up with Maria (33) a first time Mummy to 15-month-old Aria. When Maria was told Aria had to be tube-fed, she openly admits that she didn’t know enough about NG tube feeding (Nasogastric Feeding Tube). She felt very isolated being a new mum to a tube-fed baby, so she is keen to share …
Hayley (42) is expecting her first child. She is best known for her roles as Del Dingle in Emmerdale, Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street and as Calista in Shameless. Tamaddon won the fifth series of Dancing on Ice on 28 March 2010. She’s recently been diagnosed with Polyhydramnios and I recently caught up with her …
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Gina Kinson is married to Ian and has three children Ellie (22), Alex (18) and Samuel (13). She works in precision engineering and runs a Sit n Iron service in her spare time. She loves to read and paint especially body art and as a family, they love to go camping. Gina is also a surrogate. …
“I hope this feature does 2 things: reminds people that mothers have different stories and that adoption might be one of them and shows that adoption is an option and not one to be scared of.”— Catherine Catherine is Mum to Max and Sophie*, who moved in with her and husband James in January last …
It’s sexual abuse awareness week. Something I can relate to deeply and something that still haunts and affects me to this day. I feel there is a strong stereotype when it comes to rape and sexual assault/abuse. The stereotype that it only occurs by being jumped by a stranger in a back alley. That the …
The “Mummy-Booze Culture” is this a real thing? Do you think mums are encouraged to drink? Are there hidden dangers that we haven’t been told about? Have you stopped drinking alcohol? These are the questions blogger Rhiannon Boyle is asking in our latest blog post. Why I’m calling time on the Mummy-Booze drinking culture… (NOTE …
Guest post by The Parenting Expert, Sue Atkins. Sometimes becoming a mum can feel really lonely. Sometimes, when you’re awake in the dead of night at 3 am nursing your baby, or gently rocking them back to sleep, with your partner snoring loudly in the next room, your dog sprawled on his back contently fast …
Emily is mum to five children. She’s a qualified midwife working in perinatal mental health in a mother and baby unit. Hi Emily, thank you for taking the time to talk to me. I’ll admit before speaking to you I had never heard of postpartum psychosis. How is this different from postnatal depression and how …
What is the life experience that turns your world upside down, changes you as a person, pushes your boundaries, makes you question everything you do, and is the single best but definitely the hardest thing you’ve ever done? If you answered ‘Motherhood’, bingo! It’s awesome but gosh isn’t it tough?! This is why Mummy Social …
