Postpartum - the early days with a new baby
The weeks and months after having a baby can be an incredibly isolating time. Statutory paternity leave is only 2 weeks long, so the majority of new mums only have help for a very short period of time before their partners have to return to work. After having my first child, I remember feeling really overwhelmed after my husband went back to work - a mixture of exhaustion from the relentless nights of broken sleep and a constant low level bubbling of anxiety because I didn’t