The decisions we make around our parenting are deeply influenced by our own childhoods, both by the things we perceived as positive and by the fears we carried as children. How many times have we found ourselves overprotecting our children because of our own fears? How many of our actions are reflections of our own childhood projected onto our children? Motherhood and fatherhood stir an endless range of emotions and feelings that rise to the surface from the very moment pregn

"During pregnancy and the postpartum period, biochemical, hormonal, psychological and social changes take place, creating a greater vulnerability in women to developing depressive symptoms. Due to a lack of information, these symptoms are often not recognised as an illness. Instead, they are frequently attributed to a mother’s supposed inability, lack of strength, or lack of determination to cope with motherhood.” For this reason, many women who do not receive timely assessme

"In motherhood, different demands shaped by social constructs come into play. It is not only the demands of the baby, but also those of the husband, the wider family, and society itself. These pressures can lead mothers to feel that they ‘stop being themselves to exist for others’, setting aside the possibility of attending to their own interests and desires, while trying to maintain a sense of their own identity.” The experience of motherhood is a complex process, built day

Mum and Dad, we have so much to learn from babies. The way they explore the world and gradually build an understanding of everything they experience. Sometimes we think we are teaching them, only to find that we are the ones learning how to live in the moment, to play, and to create. We learn from the spontaneity of play. Babies explore their world through all their senses: they pick up objects, touch them, smell them, listen to them and taste them. They teach us that it does

"Postpartum psychosis lies at the most severe end of postnatal depression. Only around 0.1–0.2% of women develop this mental health condition during the postpartum period, and it is considered a serious disorder that can trigger psychosis.” In this mood disorder, the mother may experience a psychotic episode, which can include delusional thoughts, hallucinations, disorganised speech and, in some cases, disorganised behaviour. With appropriate treatment, full recovery is possi