Features and Interviews

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

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

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

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

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

Danni from the Mummy Social team recently spoke to Sam, mum to two boys, aged four and two. She recently posted online that she had suffered from postpartum rage. Until this point we’d never even heard of it, so wanted to have a chat with her to find out more. Thank you so much for

Danni recently caught up with Gill (39) who is married to Claire (41) they are mummies to Mya (2). They talked about how Gill conceived the couple’s baby and the choices they had to make. Hey Gill, nice to catch up with you. Did you always want to be a mummy? Did you always see