One Mum’s Story: What Mother Nurture Really Means

“It sounds a bit melodramatic, but attending Mother Nurture was a life changing experience for me. As a doctor, I’ve signposted plenty of patients to support groups without fully understanding the immense value they can have. I suffered from postnatal anxiety after my son was born, which was not severe enough to require support from mental health services, but significant enough to leave me feeling isolated and struggling.

Over the ten week course I had the privilege of hearing from and sharing the experiences of an incredible group of women. Each session provided a space for me to be open and honest, and carve out some emotional nurturing for myself that just wasn’t possible in the rest of the week. It was so reassuring to hear that I wasn’t alone in my far-from-perfect experience of motherhood, and it gave me the confidence to start processing and articulating how I was feeling to those around me.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to do Mother Nurture. Having professional experience of perinatal mental health services, and personal experience of the support available, I truly feel that the groups offer a unique and essential space for women who would otherwise fall through the cracks of the formal support available. Thank you so much for working so hard to provide this, and I really hope you can continue to offer as many groups as possible as all women with babies deserve to have this experience!”