29th April - 5th May 2019 is UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness week, the third annual focus on all aspects of maternal mental health by the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership. This year's theme is Mums Matter. It coincides with World Maternal mental health day on May 1st. Each day has a different theme and hashtag. The main ones are: #maternalmhmatters #mumsmatter Here Deb shares her journey with her mental health and babywearing x Post Natal Depression According to the N

Twice a year I go to CPD (continuous professional development) sessions that Slingababy, who I trained with as a carrying consultant, organise. The two I attended in March got me thinking about the term "SELF-CARE" as it came up rather a lot, despite the sessions being on very different topics! (side note: I actually started writing this blog in March!). Emily from CalmFamily discussed it in the session on the Saturday and Sophie also mentioned it on the Sunday too. And it is