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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…
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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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
We have an (almost) two year old son, his first birthday trip to tower bridge was one of the last “normal” things we did before lockdown in March. We moved from London to the Cotswolds in the summer so it’s been an interesting…
We’ve had an incredible year, I’m homeschooling 3 children (4, 5 and 10), my husband works away and currently is having to isolate at his father’s house because he has covid. I’ll have done a 5 week stretch if…
I had our first baby in May so middle of the first lockdown. It’s been hard not having the support around, family haven’t met our daughter. But it’s been amazing being a little bubble and I’ve tried to make the best…
I have 3 girls (I know 🤯) age 5, 2 and 5 months. My husband works off shore for months at a time and had done extended trips during my pregnancy due to travel restrictions. We also have no real support to…
When lockdown 1.0 hit, I was in that blissfully unaware state that this was a very short term thing and everything would be back to normal soon. I remember telling friends with autumn weddings not to worry, it would…
Last year was a really interesting one for me as I went back to work on 23rd March (first lockdown!!) after a year off for family leave. We adopted our little boy in 2019 and he’s now three. So it has been a huge…
Hello. I’d like to share my story as a Mother. I have two lovely children, Pietro who is 3 years old and Lucia who is 1 year old. They say “It takes a village to raise a child.” and how more difficult…
Sian’s positive birth story… I’m Sian, I’m 35 and I have two children: Bobby who is 3 and Demi who is 6 months. The past year has been interesting to say the least and I cannot say that it…
I’m Silvia, one of the mums behind Mum & You. This is a bit of my 2020 story. We live in Barcelona – and the first wave of the pandemic was specially hard for us. I’m a mum of…
Hello, I’m a first time mum, I’m 38. I found out I was pregnant at the end of January last year but decided not to tell anyone until after my 12 week scan and Harmony test. Unfortunately the Harmony…
Here at Mum and You, we’re committed to making lives easier for mums. Whether that’s by helping them make sustainable parenting choices by creating eco-friendly nappies and biodegradable wipes, treating their skin with 60-second face masks or baby bathtime…