Welcome to my blog!
What this blog is about...While this blog is focused on Postnatal Depression, I will also include general Mum stuff, my personal experiences and my obsession with craft, upcycling and My love of Op Shops, chocolate and Coffee.
It's a place where we can all Share, Care and Help each other through the trials of Motherhood.
About Christina...- View my complete profile
I'm a Mum to a 3 year old boy who loves his Mummy as long as I keep buying him cars and feeding him biscuits. I have two fluffy dogs named Angus McFluff and Sir Arthur, who also only love me when I feed them biscuits, and sadly yes my partner too only loves me when food is involved.
I have a degree in Applied Science - Human Movement, have worked in IT and Recruitment, but my job now is just being a good Mum :-)
Weird facts about me.....My eyes are completely different shapes (now you'll notice it in the photo), one eye is oval and the other is round, AND I can wriggle my ears, I can only eat potato cakes if they are drenched in tomato sauce and soy sauce at the same time, I could happily live off potato's and macaroni and cheese for the rest of my days :-) 
- Mission...
- My Mission is to reach out to women who have been suffering from PND and to give a voice to an illness that for most is still a taboo subject to talk about, let alone admit to suffer from.
- I want to remove the stigma and shame attached to Depression and get more women the support and treatment they need.
A little of my history with Depression...
I have always been prone to depression, in fact I have suffered from this condition since I was a child.
When my son was born in 2008 I lapsed into my worst bout of depression. I started shutting everyone out and was not sure why. It was not until I took my son in for his 3 month check that a beautiful midwife called Christie started to ask me questions about how I was coping that I realised the way I was feeling was not normal. She booked me into a support group and I got better SLOWLY from there.
And I mean SLOWLY, while I'm over the worst of it, I still suffer from a General Anxiety Disorder and currently receiving treatment.
I want other mums to know that you do not have to be ashamed and that there is help out there. Mums Helping Mum's was started out of pure frustration that there was no support and no one to talk to that could understand.
We currently have our Facebook page, a private Facebook group and a support group running in Chelsea Victoria.
For more info just head over to the 'Contact Us' tab - Remember while you might feel all alone in this, you are not. And you will come out of it better and stronger and a wonderful Mother.
Christina xox
