The Student Mum Diary
At the end of last year, Pampers launched a campaign called #ThankYouMidwife to show appreciation to midwives working hard over the year, as 1 in 3 midwives feel undervalued. With everyone saying Thank You, Sheffield Hallam Midwife students Richard Bean and Kate Lansley spoke about their experiences in what it is like training to be a …
You've heard it all before, mums do everything. The cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing (unless you're me - I don't iron), the early mornings and late nights. Mums do it all. We have to give credit to the dads, some of them actually do everything a mum does and more. But why is Mother's Day so …
Today, our baby turned one. We tried to spend the day without being on our phones, and just cherishing Leo's first birthday and talking about life a year ago today. When you're pregnant, you can't imagine what it will be like to hold your baby for the first time. You think about the kind of …
To my midwife, thank you. Almost a year ago, I gave birth to my first child, and I have never been more in love. A year ago today, I was 30 days away from my due date. On Monday the 20th of February, 6:30p.m. I was finally admitted onto the labour ward, third time lucky. …
Last year I decided to do 10 Things I Learned in 2016, and since it's that cliché time of year (again) where everybody is making their New Years resolutions and summing up how their 2017 has been, I thought I would reflect on the year and what I have learnt... Being patient is important. I …
Before you have a baby, you can't even start a conversation without someone telling you about how hard raising a child is with the sleepless nights and the dirty nappies. The same happens when you get a puppy or a kitten, you get the "no more holidays for you, you're tied down now!" or "they're …
If you're a mum, you can never win. You stay at home and you're 'lazy', you go to work and you 'don't spend enough time' with your child/children. The "full time mummy" stigma is getting old and the rise of motherism is too, (the fact that there's a term for people judging 'full time mums' …
Becoming a mother (or parent in general), is supposed to be one of the biggest blessings in the world. So why can it feel so lonely? I was told what motherhood was like by a lot of people. I was told to prepare to lose my nice figure and for sleepless nights. But nobody - …
Every person has a mental health and studies show that two-thirds of us have experienced some form of mental health illness in our life. Mental health illnesses can range from anxiety to eating disorders, depression and forms of psychosis. Today I'm going to focus on mental health illnesses in pregnant women, those who are postpartum, …
Routine, routine, routine. I live for organisation and schedules, but as a mum (and as a student), that doesn't always go to plan. In my first year of university I was in bed for 9pm most nights, (minus the nights I was out, at work or at the gym etc), then I would be up …
