“Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.”

Anthony Brandt

 Nurturing your family begins with understanding You!

Pregnancy, birth and being a parent is a journey. It is a road filled with happiness, excitement and special moments as you wonder where it will take you. As you navigate this new adventure it is natural to feel anxious and uncertain about what may lie ahead and how you can deal with the challenges.

It is important that as new parents you are nurtured with love, so in turn you can nurture your family. This includes trusting your instincts so you can be everything your children need.

Welcoming a beautiful baby into the world can be an especially challenging time, it can leave you feeling overwhelmed, wondering how you will care and nurture this precious new life, as well as look after you own emotional wellbeing.

Bonding, Nurturing and Gentle Parenting

Caring for your baby after birth, and being a new parent can be difficult, and having support in the early days and weeks is important.

Adjusting to life with a new baby is hard for everyone, but for some the transition to parenthood is complicated by a difficult birth or struggling with feelings they don’t understand.

This can impact on your desire to nurture your family.  Coping day to day becomes hard, relationships can become strained and caring for your new baby is overwhelming.

It is true also when we become parents it causes us to reflect on our own experiences of family and how we were parented. This can sometimes lead to uncomfortable feelings we may not understand.

As our children grow we find that new challenges come our way, be it as toddlers testing boundaries or starting school, to juggling family life and the needs of each member. Building strong bonds with our children and supporting them with gentle parenting helps to nurture our family.

Helping you

Knowing how hard it can be to find our way as parents I have tried to try to use my experiences as a mother and now nanna to help others.

I have worked privately, voluntarily and in the NHS caring for families during, pregnancy, birth and beyond in neonatal, maternity, paediatrics and community services for many years. I am very passionate about making sure that support and evidence-based information for families is available.

But by far it is my own experience of being a parent that has taught me so much!

You may be struggling with difficult emotions around your pregnancy.

Are you nervous about your birth?

Are you worried about caring for your newborn be it infant feeding, sleep or what is normal in the early days and weeks?

Maybe your birth wasn’t the experience you hoped for and has left you feeling disappointed or distressed.

Maybe you have experienced the journey of neonatal or the loss of a much wanted baby.

OR

You may feel lost, wondering who you now are, since becoming a parent.

You may wonder how you can balance work and also nurture your family.

You may feel overwhelmed, unsure of where you’re heading and your future?

• I can help you in pregnancy to feel supported and nurtured.
• I can support you in planning your birth, allowing you space to explore what matters to you.
• I can hold your hand through the early days, weeks and months as you navigate life with your new baby. 
• I can help if your birth experience has been difficult or you are struggling with unwanted emotions.
• I can offer a safe space to share your story of losing your baby and 

As well as;

• Give you the space and direction to find again your own identity while still being a parent.
• What the best choices are for you and your family, and how to balance life while feeling more confident in who you are.
• To reflect on what is really important to you, and look at where you are heading for the future.

I can help you Nurture Your Family, while also Nurturing YOU. 

Reach out and share your thoughts and experiences with me, and together we can explore how YOU can nurture your family. 

There is lots more under my blogs on parenting.