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Supporting Mums
Through September Transitions

Check out these helpful and supportive blog posts from child psychologists, mums and wellbeing experts on navigating back to school / nursery /work challenges during this tricky time of year

Navigating Back to School / Nursery

The aftermath of back to school: Navigating your child’s big feelings - and your own

A 'Transition Triangle': tips to shape support for your little one's start/return to school/nursery

3 Steps to Recover from a Stressful School Run

Finding my feet as September sweeps in big changes for me and my family

Tips for a calmer start to the school day

Top 10 tips to prepare for the start of the school year

Confidence Boosts For An Autumnal Return To Work

Three ways to boost your confidence as you return to work

Supporting Mums Return to Work

Postnatal recovery: how to fix your fatigue

Karina Antram

5 min

Postnatal recovery: how to fix your fatigue

I am a mother to a 20 month old son, currently pregnant with my second baby and a former sufferer of extreme fatigue. I know what it is...

Too tired to do it? Sex after kids is no picnic.

Clio Wood

4 min

Too tired to do it? Sex after kids is no picnic.

When I talk about sex in motherhood, I can see a subtle shift, a look of guilty relief appear on the face of the person or people I’m...

sarajanecampin

6 min

Dads Matter: Support for Dad

I created the Nourish app after struggling with my mental health & wellbeing in parenthood, both as a new mum and in juggling the...

Life After Birth: a real account of the transition to motherhood after birth trauma

Laura Dickerson

5 min

Life After Birth: a real account of the transition to motherhood after birth trauma

January 1st 2022. I’m about to swim at a cold water charity event to raise money for maternal mental health. Water temperature 14...

Dr Andrew Mayers

8 min

Why Maternal Mental Health Matters

This week (2-8th May) is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week – a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental illness while...

Dr Fionnuala Barton

4 min

Could it be your hormones?

Mood swings, anxiety, irregular or unusual periods, tiredness, increased appetite and cravings, weight gain, bloating, breast changes,...

Extract from After the Storm: Post-Natal Depression and the Utter Weirdness of New Motherhood

Emma Jane Unsworth

6 min

Extract from After the Storm: Post-Natal Depression and the Utter Weirdness of New Motherhood

Photo Credit:Thomas S.G. Farnetti/Wellcome Collection People say that with postnatal depression you feel numb, nothing, towards the baby....

Bex’s maternity-leave diary and her response, one year later...

Rebecca Oxtoby

4 min

Bex’s maternity-leave diary and her response, one year later...

Hi, I’m Bex. I know guest blogs don’t typically start with a self-introduction, but I’d feel as though I threw you right in if I didn’t...

Beth Davies, Women's Health + Fitness Coach

4 min

Four tips for leak-free running

We tend to blame a lack of pelvic floor strength for the leaks when we run or jump or sneeze. Those “oops moments” have been normalised...

Loving kindness phrases and soothing touch for mums

Silke Thistlewood

6 min

Loving kindness phrases and soothing touch for mums

We all have a tendency to be really harsh to ourselves in the way that we talk to ourselves and this is often amplified in motherhood. ...

Why we all need a mother's circle and how to create yours

Mandy Rees

4 min

Why we all need a mother's circle and how to create yours

Navigating our way through motherhood is far more difficult than we're ever led to believe. It’s a tough job and one we're unlikely to be...

Are you feeling the pressure to 'bounce-back'?

Rebecca Stevens, Nutritionist

4 min

Are you feeling the pressure to 'bounce-back'?

Pregnancy affects the physical appearance of our postnatal bodies in many different ways including stretch marks, abdominal muscle...

Dr Rebecca Moore, Perinatal Psychiatrist

2 min

Seasonal Affective Disorder

On a sunny bright day, it’s easy to walk around and adore autumn. But for me, I know winter is coming and like a fifth of the population...

Supporting Mums Through September Transitions

Navigating Back to School / Nursery

Supporting Mums Return to Work

The Nourish Blog

Supporting Mums
Through September Transitions