What do holidays mean to you? Stressful and anxiety inducing? Relaxing and enjoyable - a mix of the both? How have they changed and how do you balance it all?

Invisible labour, or the mental load, what do we mean by that? We’re not talking about the chores, the bins, the washing up, the DIY, we’re talking about who holds all the to do lists in their head all the time. Who remembers the costume for the school play, who gets suncream before it is hot, who knows when all the in laws birthdays are and makes sure there’s a card for their partner to sign and quietly lets them take the credit for never forgetting, who notices when they’re low on wet wipes before the next poo explosion.

** Please note: this article refers to birth trauma & PTSD**

The word birth can mean so much to so many. How do we feel when you’re asked if it was ‘natural’ and whats the inference of the term? Did we use our birth plans or were they left in the bag, unopened? Did it go as planned? Did we receive the care that we needed or that we didn’t know we needed? Did we feel respected and were we listened to? How do we feel now?