Read Our News

Categories

Overcoming Birth Trauma-Time to Heal

Overcoming Birth Trauma-Time to Heal

 22nd Sep 2023

Our founder Sharon Mustard teams up with Katherine Hale of 'Thrive in Motherhood' to look at how there is life beyond birth trauma. Women can, and do overcome this challenging period to enjoy parenting their child in a way that they want to, and may well have expected to.

So many new mothers and fathers talk about feeling they have been robbed of a positive childbirth experience where they felt listened to, acknowledged, valued and in control of their decisions. As social beings, social connectedness is the cornerstone of a birth that truly is the beginning of the next phase in our lives.

 

Read More
The Essential Guide to Matrescence BLOG by Katherine Hale

The Essential Guide to Matrescence BLOG by Katherine Hale

 30th Jun 2023

What is Matrescence?

The word Matrescence, “The Birth of a Mother”, was coined by Dana Raphae in 1973. Matrescence is defined as the physical, psychological, hormonal, social and emotional changes associated with the transition to motherhood. Despite it being deemed as significant as adolescence it only entered the Cambridge Dictionary for the first time in 2020! This is hardly surprising when the primary focus is very much on the baby during pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period. The mother is often forgotten and rarely ever effectively supported.

Read More
Building a relationship with your baby after birth

Building a relationship with your baby after birth

 12th May 2023

Why is an early relationship with your baby important for a newborn?

The importance of forming an intimate early relationship between mother and baby has been emphasised for several decades. A wealth of research has shown that the quality of the early relationship with your baby can have lasting effects on a child’s development, including socio-emotional adaption, cognitive development, language development, a child’s future mental health. Even a child’s attachment style- the quality of their emotional bond in future relationships.

Read More
Fertility to Parenthood and everything in between.

Fertility to Parenthood and everything in between.

 14th Apr 2023

Take a peek at the live instagram chat with Clare Stead of Oliiki where we talked all things therapy for parents and parents-to-be https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8EGt9JnEe/...

Listen to the interview where I talk to Clare Stead from the wonderful Oliiki app. We cover from fertility to parenthood and everything in between, Sharon Mustard from @easibirthingfertility2parent tells us all about the support she can offer you in your pregnancy journey.

 

 

Read More
10 ways to avoid postnatal anxiety

10 ways to avoid postnatal anxiety

 24th Mar 2023

Having a baby can be an anxious time with all the new expectations and so many new things to learn. All new mums and dads need to take steps to protect them selves from this escalating into something that can be difficult to switch off. Post natal anxiety is very closely aligned to post natal depression, and it can be difficult to distinguish between them.

Read Sharon Mustard's expert article featured on MyBump2Baby here Postnatal anxiety-10 ways to avoid it

You can also read my expert article on Tokophobia - fear of childbirth on MyBump2Baby

Read More
10 ways hypnobirthing can help conquer a fear of childbirth

10 ways hypnobirthing can help conquer a fear of childbirth

 10th Feb 2023

Childbirth is a fundamentally human and meaningful time. All women hope for a joyful, positive birth experience. However, the birth process is uncertain, so it is normal to experience anxiety, worries or fear of labour or childbirth itself. Hypnobirthing can help you develop tools to respond to uncertainties and equip you to adapt when it is not going according to plan without spiralling into anxiety.

Read More