Save the Children the #Healthworkers campaign

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Allow me to tell you about a health professional who not only changed my life but saved it. Lisa is my health visitor and has been for 6 years now. It was my health visitor who listened to my darkest fears, my parenting problems and offered advice and support on everything to do with my children. It [...]

“How microwave steralising made my baby ill”

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Like any preganant woman, I was all prepared. I had endless bags of clothes, some new, some second hand, hundreds of nappies in and a cupboard full of wipes. I had planned to breastfeed my son but had bottles and a microwave steraliser ready for when I wanted to express milk.

Mums use PND as an excuse

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** This post is an anonymous guest post ** I am about to go into something that has been grating my gears for a while, but at the same time I’m worried it will offend, so please feel free not to post it. It is my personal opinion, I am worried it is form from [...]

I hope one day his suffering will stop and he’ll live a “normal life”

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  On the 24th november 2010 at 3:11am my little man entered the world 5 days late, he was just perfect I couldn’t believe I was 19 and had just given birth to my baby.   Something didn’t seem right though and my midwife seemed very panicky,  Charlie wasn’t crying just lieing still. He was [...]

A mum shares her breastfeeding experience

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  All the way through my pregnancy with my daughter breastfeeding was something I wanted to do for her. Both myself & my partner read through all the leaflets & watched the DVD’s provided by the midwife and was told my every health care proffesional it was easy to do, apart from 1 – a [...]

Do doctors and health visitors judge me or is it in my head?

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  My little one will be one in April so she is up to the normal things that a one year old does, climbing, throwing things, falling over being adventure etc but the other day I had to book her in for an emergency doctor’s appointment. Any of you that are on Emma’s facebook may have [...]

The lack of support your receive after having a baby

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Posted on behalf of a mum   Now from being on 2 forums and a Facebook mums’ group its really come to my attention that once your baby gets to 10days old, unless you make the effort the NHS abandons you into the scary world of being a new mum, even if you’ve had 20 [...]