Vicki Cockerill - NICU MUM Blog

I am lucky enough to know the beautiful and articulate Priya from @pabarilife , who kindly let me showcase her amazing post on PND for #PNDAW16. What I love about this piece in the way it so beautifully written explaining both the emotional and medical terms and symptoms I think we have all experienced in one form or another. This post is the perfect example in raising awareness of some of those tell tale symptoms and how to recognise them in others.   Brand New and Blue Only the second day in and the last thing I expected was to be weeping into a sodden tissue. I should have been feeling elated, relieved and joyful but I wasn’t. I felt moody, weepy and so irritable. When the midwife came I slapped on a smile and pretended I was ok. The reality of motherhood had hit me hard and I was struggling emotionally. My new role as a mum made me feel trapped and scared. The lack of sleep, the after birth pain, the mourning of my old life and feeling like I wasn’t cut out for this m...

I always felt Greg was scared about what I was going through. He blanked it out for as long as he could. Until he had to take note, something was wrong. That he thought I was being lazy or selfish. That he didn't actually understand what I was telling him. Although it is you that is suffering, your partner does also go through it with you. Whether they understand or not. They watch you change, they watch you shrink and withdraw. They may feel helpless. This is Greg aka Papa NICU, my partner of nearly 9 years and father to Elijah experience with PND/PTSD. Greg's Story I’m not saying I’m the perfect father but I will strive to do my best for Elijah. I see it all too often these days, people I know, friends, getting a girl pregnant and not dealing with the consequences or even trying to make their relationships work for the sake of the kids. I understand some people are just not meant to be together but that doesn’t mean you have to totally abandon your offspring, your own ...