I’ve been reading a lot of posts about #maternalmentalhealth this week and though I wasn’t diagnosed with #pnd I found it overwhelming, lonely, wonderful and exhausting. I confided in an older woman that I was feeling depressed and she laughed and said ‘what are you talking about, these are the best years of your life!’ It didn’t feel like that at the time. This photo was taken when I was still in hospital with my first. He was born at 36 weeks and I was terrified of him as he was so tiny, so fragile, so beautiful. I felt like I had been through a car crash.
I wonder why we struggle so much as new mums and I think it comes down to the modern ill of #loneliness, of having to pretend everything is okay when it’s not, of perfect social media profiles which aren’t the true story.
#whatidgiveanewmum is time, just to have a bath in peace or go for a walk (or have a nap!)
My course on #writingmotherhood is on tomorrow Saturday 5th May, 9.30-11 at @buttonandbearbookshop still a few places left. Come and take time and have a chance to process all these emotions. Writing helps make sense of it all. #tellitlikeitis #motherhood #writing
elisabeth pike 