03/05/2026
This post is verryyyy vulnerable so please be kind with comments 💛
My experience of motherhood wasn’t what I expected. It was so much harder and so much more intense than I ever could have imagined.
Just over four weeks after giving birth me and my daughter Evie were admitted to a mother and baby psychiatric unit, and we stayed for five months. At the time it felt like recovery was not possible and I really truly thought I’d never ever recover or be a good mum, yet here we are three years later - absolutely thriving.
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