Becoming a Healthy Happy Mum
Hi, I’m Beth. I had my daughter in June 2016 after a rough pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes. For the first few months I was in a bubble of newborn love but, as the novelty wore off and reality of being at home with a screaming baby set in, I began to lose myself.
I started this campaign because in the 18 months since my daughter was born I have been up and down with more starts and stops than Brexit negotiations — and a lot less cheerful — a lot of the time. What has saved me, time and again, is exercise, getting into the great outdoors and a whole lot of support from other mums, oh yeah and a short course of CBT.
Where we live in South London there is a wealth of exercise groups, mum meetups and green spaces. I found most of these by googling, word of mouth or local groups on facebook. Now, for all those new mothers (and older mothers!) I want to save you the hours of google searches and share what I’ve learned about getting healthy and happy and finding yourself again.
