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Being Mum during the pandemic… A collection of stories shared by our community to celebrate the highs and lows of motherhood.

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Mum Stories

Heather’s story

My journey into motherhood… tales from a caffeine deprived mum brain. We started lockdown in March 2020 with a positive pregnancy test after nearly two years of trying. Unfortunately we had a miscarriage just after our wedding in 2018…

Jemma’s story

This is probably a pretty common story throughout the pandemic but I found out I was pregnant just before the first lockdown. We’d just come back from a holiday in Australia where the virus had gotten to Tom Hanks and when we got back…

Jess’s story

My son is 3 & I’ve been WFH since March. Our childminder was open til my husband was furloughed in April. I’ve been working from kiddos bedroom so they could play in the lounge (still paying 1/4 to childminder to keep…

Jessica’s story

I’m Jess and I’ve got a little one who’s just turned 5 months called Ayda. Being pregnant throughout this pandemic was a lot harder then I thought pregnancy was going to be. I was on furlough and shielding from 16 weeks so my…

Jo’s story

So my name is Jo, I have 2 kids. A girl who turned 5, 2 weeks ago. And a little boy who is about to turn 10months – my lockdown baby! He was born April 15th in the first lockdown!…

Joanna P’s story

I’m a Mum of 2 nibblets. I had my 2nd child in August 2019 so was on maternity leave when Covid hit us. My husband left his paid job to try and start his own product design company 3 weeks…

Jodie’s story

I found out I was pregnant January 2020, when the world wasn’t a crazy place! I also have a 2 year old daughter.  I work as a nurse for NHS. When we first went in to lockdown March 2020, I was so scared/nervous to…

Kayleigh’s story

I had my second baby in July 2020, I have a girl who is almost 3 years old and my son will be 1 this year.   I had to attend all my hospital appointments alone and my husband was only allowed…

Lana’s story

I had my first baby in January 2020, not knowing what was just around the corner 😅 It’s been lovely being with her for her whole first year, not missing anything like first word or steps because I’m always there but…

Laura’s story

My name is Laura and it was July last year was when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. Approaching 40, I had put the idea of having a child out of my mind. But a little miracle happened!…

Laura J’s story

I saw your post and thought I’d share a bit of my story. I went back to work from maternity leave with my first child (daughter now 20 months) in July last year, during lockdown. I work for the…

Leah’s story

First time mum, Violet Rose is 19 weeks old. I feel like this ‘pandemic’ has cheated me out of the maternity leave I’ve been dreaming of for years but I’m reminding myself daily how blessed we are. Violets a…

Lisa B’s story

I am a first time mum and my little girl was born in January 2020, we were living in London at the time and all our family and friends live in Blackpool. We had a few visitors but then a month…

Lisa C’s story

So I finished work on the 10th March 2020, looking forward to mat leave meeting family & friends, baby groups, visitors at the hospital! Well lockdown started 6 days after I finished work! I had to go to 2 scans on my…

Lucille’s story

I had my little girl in late June 2020 as a new mum, I was working as a medical secretary for respiratory consultants in the hospital so it was quite a scary situation, luckily I was able to work…