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Welcome to Just One Mama
Gemma Bryant
Sep 15, 20224 min read
Turning Postnatal Trauma to Postnatal Positivity
In January 2018 the 2 week wait had come to an end and it was time to pee on that stick. An agonising 3 minutes later, I turned it over...
Fiona Adams
Aug 15, 20224 min read
Decluttering Motherhood
My motherhood has at times been overwhelming, feeling myself losing a grip and so badly wanting to take back control, to stop swimming...
Holly Hitchen
Jun 15, 20224 min read
My IVF Journey
Our fertility journey started in 2007 when we started trying to conceive. For some reason I thought I would fall pregnant naturally...
Natalie Jones
May 15, 20224 min read
Bonding With My Premature Baby
I was rushed into the hospital at 27+6 weeks after being in a lot of pain and starting to bleed. I was relatively calm considering it was...
Rachel C-K
Apr 15, 20225 min read
How To Overcome Mama Panic One Drop At A Time
Trigger Warning Some reference to cancer in motherhood My journey to become a mama was a tough one, but the times after were even more...
Tania Taylor
Feb 15, 20226 min read
How To Move On From Postnatal Depression
My first pregnancy with my daughter was a whirlwind of wonderfulness. I was full of all the hopes and joys of becoming a new mum. I was a...
Sharon Dooley
Jan 15, 20225 min read
Seven Was My Lucky Number
Trigger Warning *Refers to near cot death* Do you not have a television? If I was given a euro everytime I have been asked that question...
Helen Ingham
Dec 15, 20216 min read
Surviving A Reflux Baby
“What’s wrong with him? Why won’t he stop crying? What am I doing wrong?” I asked my husband desperately as our suffering six-week-old...
Louisa Stanley
Sep 18, 20215 min read
The Roller Coaster of Parenting a Child with a Disability
(THE UPS AND DOWNS... SOMETIMES LOVING THE THRILLS AND SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO GET OFF) Triggers: pregnancy, miscarriage, depression,...
Serena Novelli
Aug 15, 20214 min read
Teen Mum to Bestseller
“Do they have the same dad?” This question and so many like it were asked daily from complete strangers and to be honest it really...
Laura Bland
Jul 15, 20216 min read
The Day My Life Turned A Corner.
At the age of thirty years old I became a first-time mum. Through most of my twenties I thought that I wasn’t going to have children, I...
Olivia Edwards
Jun 15, 20217 min read
Pregnant with Severe Sickness and How I Got Through it 3 Times!
Trigger Warnings *Detailed discussion of extreme morning sickness* Last month there was a recognised day for Hyperemesis Gravidium (HG)....
Anupa Roper
Apr 15, 20214 min read
Bodies After Babies
Fellow mummies, how do you feel about your post baby body? It doesn’t matter if, like me, you had your last child 10 years ago or whether...
Jen Parker
Mar 15, 20217 min read
Fighting Mum Guilt with a Chronic Illness
Trigger Warnings * Possible birth trauma triggers * PLEASE BE AWARE IF YOU COMMENT, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO SIGN UP FOR THE JUST ONE MAMA...
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