The editor, Annie Ridout, has benefitted from having a business mentor to help her with The Early Hour. Now she’d like to offer a mentorship to another freelance mum, in need of some guidance…
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Family
With the natural birth movement challenging the more medicalised model of birth, new mothers are feeling as if they’ve failed if they have an epidural, or need medical intervention during childbirth. Emma Svanberg explains why this is a feminist issue…
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While out running, Annie Ridout fell over. She didn’t trip, her body simply stopped working for a moment and collapsed. A trip to the doctors, followed by blood tests, revealed a calcium deficiency as the cause. In dairy farming, it’s called Milk Fever…
Wellbeing
Samantha Valentine was recovering well after childbirth until she started bleeding heavily. Following emergency surgery for a postpartum haemorrhage, Samantha developed PTSD and is now in the grips of postnatal depression. She talks us through her daily thoughts…
Wellbeing
As a mother of young children, it can be hard to decipher the difference between finding things a bit hard and an actual mental health issue. The editor Annie Ridout shared a post on Instagram about how her anxiety manifests and was amazed (and troubled) by the response…
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Running a half marathon in the rain, on broken sleep – four months after giving birth – left Annie Ridout ill and exhausted. She realised that new mums, like her, need to listen to their bodies and slow down…
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Ever googled postnatal swimwear? Don’t bother. Not until the fashion industry has reassessed the models they’re using. We speak to a load of mums – including Clemmie Hooper, Clemmie Telford and Natalie Lee – about new mum bodies (and where to get the best swimwear)…
Wellbeing
When a woman is pregnant, has just given birth or is in the early days with a newborn she needs support, love and positivity. She doesn’t need criticism or judgment – that’s why the language we use is so important…
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“Mad morning rush feeding and dropping off my daughter. Meetings where I noticed yoghurt stains on my carefully planned ‘dress to impress’ outfit. The exhausting bedtime routine.” Tracy Buchanan’s account of becoming an author, while in the depths of new motherhood…
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What springs to mind when you think of new mum presents – a cute baby grow, a beautiful bouquet of flowers? Well, we asked the mums themselves – and this is what they said they really needed after giving birth…