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#beingmumduringthepandemic

Charlotte K’s story

In this hard year I kind of wanted to try and find the silver lining of it all. Yes, the pandemic has been terrible for our mental health and with the little one, but it’s also given us opportunities to be tighter…

Claire’s story

I have two boys (6 and 2) I work in the nhs and my husband works in the university. I have been unable to work from home so feel for me life has continued on as ‘normal’. Thankfully my husband has been amazing…

Erinn’s story – watch her video

My name is Erinn and I’m 27 and have two little boys aged 2 and a half and 4 months, we live in Devon. I was so excited when I found out I was pregnant around this time last year and…

Faron’s story

Hi I’m a first time mum. Was in the last months of pregnancy at the start of the first lockdown and had my little girl during lockdown in May. Had to go for final scans on my own and be induced alone…

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…