Your experiences

NCT members share their experiences of pregnancy, birth and parenting here

  1. Your experiences: Why I set up a charity for men with PND

    Mark Williams supported his wife through severe postnatal depression – only to fall victim to it himself. He tells us his story and why he’s fighting for dads with post-birth mental health issues

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  2. Your experiences: Being a dad with postnatal depression

    Ross Hunt shares his story of postnatal depression and his advice for parents going through the same experience.

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  3. Bonkers: One woman’s hilariously honest look at motherhood

    We talk to mum-of-two and blogger Olivia Siegl about the realities of ‘motherhood, mahem and post-partum psychosis’ in her very funny new book

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  4. Your experiences: My battle with postpartum thyroiditis

    Jenny Allen tells us about her struggle to have her overactive thyroid diagnosed and the devastating effects this had on her life and family

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  5. Your experiences: supporting families of premature babies

    Kenna Evans, Branch Coordinator for NCT Doncaster, tells us about her experience of having a premature baby and why her branch has started a project to help others in the same boat

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  6. Your experiences: Dads need mental health support too…

    Louis Dunn tells us about fatherhood and his struggles with having an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

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  7. Your experiences: Why Shared Parental Leave was perfect for my family

    Ben Tattersall Smith lives with his partner Catherine and one-year-old daughter Hannah. The family decided to take up the opportunity of Shared Parental Leave and Ben spent three months caring for their daughter. He tells us all about this rewarding and brilliant experience…

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  8. Parenting with a disability

    Sally Darby is mum to two daughters and has multiple sclerosis (MS). She tells us about parenting with a disability, her experiences with NCT and why she set up an online network, called Mums Like Us, so mums in a similar situation can support one another

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