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Hi everyone, I just want to say I I haven’t been around have been struggling with my mental health recently.

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Recording this at 5:10 in the morning block watching the sunrise because my daughter has not slept all night. Feelings of guilt feelings have not been good enough as well as exhaustion a major effect that we can look after our little ones. Listen to me while I am walking around trying to Amelia to sleep.

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As parents and care givers, we all want the best for our little ones and we know that sleep is a key part of development (it's always nice for us to feel refreshed too).
Today we welcome Shirley Mcgowan, a certified Paul McKenna hypnotherapist, who specialises in sleep and pain management. not only this, but she is also a published author of an eBook that is coming out tomorrow featuring a sleepy bedtime story for children, utilizing hypnotherapy techniques.
After enduring years of sleep deprivation due to her children waking her up at night, Shirley was desperate to find a solution. Through her perseverance, she successfully guided her young children to sleep through the night by implementing a three-step bedtime routine, her developed Body Focused Relaxation technique, and her original sleepy bedtime story titled 'Grusi - The Little Dragon Who Wants To Become A Firefighter.

After you have printed out Grusi and coloured him in why not take a photo tag us both (because I wanna see you too).

Sheila McGowan
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Sunday is race day for the Brighton marathon. My husband will be running for Ickle Pickles in honour of my NICU baby Amelia.

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A lot of people think that post-traumatic stress disorder is just for veterns. However, medical trauma is something that can really affect somebody. After having a very traumatic pregnancy from the 20 weeks onwards and finding out that it was extremely touching go. From that point there have been a lot of unresolved feelings. And after a friend had announced that she was having her gender reveal scan I experienced extreme panic and anxiety for her, and this was due to getting flashbacks. today we’re talking about postnatal depression and PTSD but it’s more me just talking things out. If you feel that this is not that you cannot listen to presently please skip to the next episode. I appreciate you and please know that if you are going through similar that this community is being built to support everybody.

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Today we have the pleasure of having Rebecca Hope owner of our Hope Hive Community family hub join us, talking about the importance of community when raising children and how important this is pre-and Post covid 19 pandemic and how the pandemic has impacted development of children.

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After coming home from the hospital, there is always going to be an adjustment period. Because you are just getting used to having a new human you are solely responsible for who is a complete stranger.
Today we are talking about the adjustment period, medical care that is often needed for a premature baby, feeding challenges, milestones and bonding with your child while being sleep deprived.
During this stage of life, I realised how important community is, and consequently this is why I have started this podcast.

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In today’s episode, I am talking about neonatal intensive care and the special care, baby unit as well as life while my daughter was in there.
Talking about the day of Birth, and then the weeks following. In the NICU and SCBU.