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Bipolar Mum and the Baby

Bipolar Mum and the Baby

Pregnancy, Motherhood and Mental Health Blog

  • 🖤 About me and Life Updates
    • Hello December – where has the year gone?!
    • Putting up the Christmas Tree does make you happy! #32DaysToGo
    • Good night Pennie 💔
    • I got my dream job and started today! 🙌🏻
    • Photo challenge – ‘I can’t live without…my phone’
    • Self Development = CAREER CHANGE
    • #ThrowbackThursday for photo challenge 📸
    • Thank god September is over 👋🏻
    • How can so much happen in a couple of weeks!?
    • Mum and Dad’s ‘day off’ #MumGuilt
    • Filling my house with Positive pictures
    • Happy 3️⃣5️⃣ Birthday
    • Reflection on my 34th Year
    • I’m scared what the future holds
    • Finally I can drive! 🚗
    • Life and Liberty Update – Confirmed Disestablishment of Post, Spice Girls and Liberty saying ‘Mama’
    • Life and Liberty Update – redundancy, fake weddings and bitchy mum drama!
    • New Tattoo and Hair = New Me
    • I need to start focusing on my dream – Be a full time ‘Mum’ Blogger 👩🏻‍💻
    • Liberty has 2 new cousins from the Skelton’s and the Hughes’s #AprilBabies
    • Happy Easter – Setting Easter Traditions and Liberty’s first photo shoot 📸
    • Blogging – Can I turn one of my passions into a business? 🤔
    • My Blog is celebrating it’s 1st Birthday 🥳 and Liberty sat up unaided 🙌🏻 #DoubleCelebrations
    • #SmearforSmear
    • Happy International Women’s Day 2019 💪🏻👩🏻
    • Hello March
    • Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
    • #10YearChallenge
    • #Bye2018 #Hello2019
    • We made it 2 years!
    • Happy Christmas from the Hughes 👨‍👩‍👧
    • It’s my birthday and I will cry if I want to!
    • #whereistheyeargoing
    • Don’t lower yourself to respond! My first experience with Twitter Trolls!
  • 🖤 Pregnancy Posts
    • 🖤 My Pregnancy and Labour Overview
      • Pregnancy Summary
      • Times up Liberty! – My Labour Story – PART ONE
      • ‘It’s Showtime’ and the aftermath – My Labour Story – PART TWO
      • 🖤 My Pregnancy Updates
        • Happy DUE Day!
        • WEEK 41 – Eviction Notice Issued for 07.09.18
        • Happy ‘full term’ day – 37 weeks today!
        • Sure Liberty will love that outfit Dave?! – Daddy’s first outfit purchase!
        • Happy Liberty Due Date Month! 🎉
        • #babyshowergoals
        • #SkoolsoutforSummer! Maternity Leave starts now!
        • Please stop hiding and let me see more of you – 4D baby scan round 2
        • Hello Liberty! BEST.BIRTHDAY.EVER
        • Living the dream using my husband as a servant!
        • Liberty’s Annoucement
    • 🖤 Pregnancy Help Guides
      • 🖤 Baby Movements
        • Don’t be afraid to call the Maternity Assessment Clinic if you have any problems!
        • Wow your bump is so big?! You are only 6 month!? Dealing with Liberty’s growth spurts – Physiotherapy Advice
        • Is that Liberty moving or just muscle pain? Baby movements in Pregnancy
      • 🖤 Perinatal Mental Health
        • Are you prepared? Physically ✅ Medically ✅ Mentally – ❌ – Overcoming my Fear and Mental Blocks – Open Letter to Liberty
        • You need to plan how to stay well before even thinking about how you want to give birth! – Intro to Perinatal Mental Health Services and other services
      • 🖤 Nursery Decoration
        • Rainbows, clouds and unicorns 🌈☁️🦄 – Decorating Liberty’s nursery – From idea to finished project
      • 🖤 Sober Socialising
        • Just because I’m pregnant, doesn’t mean I’m a boring B*!#h! Guide to Sober Socialising
      • 🖤 Birth Plans
        • WE HAVE A COMPLETE PLAN: The missing pieces to the mental health birth plan have been finalised (only taken 4 months) – Aftercare and Breastfeeding Plans
        • My Visual Birth Plan (sorry meant preference)
        • How am I going to get Liberty out? Planning for Labour using The Positive Birth Book by Milli Hill – PART 1
      • 🖤 Hospital Bag Preparation
        • The scariest packing that I have ever done – What to pack in your hospital bag
      • 🖤 Baby Moon Idea
        • Before candlelit dinners and ‘do not disturb’ turns into Bottle feed and Bedtime stories – Introduction to the trend of babymoons
  • 🖤 Baby Posts
    • 🖤 Baby Help Guides
      • 🖤 Breastfeeding, Expressing & Formula
        • My Breastfeeding/Expressing Experience and Recommendations 🤱🏻
      • 🖤 Sleep Training – TO FOLLOW
      • 🖤 Baby Development Milestones – TO FOLLOW
      • 🖤 Baby Jabs – TO FOLLOW
      • 🖤 Teething (TO FOLLOW)
      • 🖤 Weaning
        • Moving on to Stage 2 Weaning
        • First try of Finger foods!
        • Weaning Journey has commenced – First 2 weeks
        • I got the same feeling about buying this highchair as I do when I make Bobbi Brown purchases! #MumLife
        • Liberty’s first tastes – Carrot and first tastes plan – Week 1
        • Baby Rice take 2
        • Let’s try baby rice – Result: 😭
    • 🖤 Nursery
      • The great children’s drawings debate – what do you do with yours?
      • Liberty starts Nursery 😩
      • Hitting a low point 😔 no more maternity leave
      • There can’t only be only 1 month remaining?! 😭 – Changes to my return to work
    • 🖤 Liberty Updates
      • Happy 1️⃣5️⃣ months to my angel!
      • Happy 1️⃣4️⃣ months
      • Happy Halloween 🎃
      • Day 15 of the #GirlAboutOctober and Today is ‘a proud moment’👏🏻
      • One Year Health Visitor Review = Positive feedback 🙌🏻
      • Happy 1st Birthday to my Queen! 👸🏻
      • Can’t believe my baby girl is 1️⃣ tomorrow 😱
      • Liberty’s First Shoes ✅
      • Liberty is 1️⃣1️⃣months today 😱
      • Video: MY BABY HAS FINALLY STARTED CRAWLING!
      • HAPPY 🔟 MONTHS to this absolute beaut!
      • Happy 1st Father’s Day to my baby daddy 👨‍👩‍👧
      • Liberty First Passport Application
      • My baby has her 2 bottom teeth
      • 9months in and 9 months out 🤰🏻➡️👶🏻
      • VIDEO: Liberty – Future Musician?
      • Happy 8️⃣ months Liberty – now it’s time to stop with the charts!
      • Liberty’s Christening- 05.05.19 💒
      • Christening preparations – I wasn’t this stressed planning my wedding 😩
      • Happy 7️⃣ Months Liberty
      • Finally Liberty is better! 🙌🏻
      • #MyPoorlyBaby
      • The great children’s drawings debate – what do you do with yours?
      • Just Me, Liberty and Pegga Pig – First Weekend Solo Parenting
      • Happy 6th Month Liberty – to celebrate get a tattoo to represent her! #GrandReveal
      • Liberty finally rolled over and I caught it on film! #proudmoment
      • Happy 5 months Liberty 🎉
      • Finally Found Liberty’s Christening Dress 🙌
      • What Liberty’s 1st Christmas was like
      • We made it to 12 weeks!
      • YAY! I kept a little person alive now for 8 weeks! Happy ‘8 weeks’ birthday Liberty!
      • My little ghost 👻 #happyhalloween
      • #capturingmemoriesonfilm
      • Welcome to the world Liberty Raven Hughes born 06.09.18
      • Hello September – Hello to be being one of the oldest in the school year Liberty!
  • 🖤 Mental Health Posts
    • #WorldMentalHealthDay
    • Wearing my ‘Mental Health Awareness’ ribbon with pride!
    • My mask is starting to crack!
    • Literally I’m going to lose my S*#t! – Mental Health Awareness Week Guide to Stress Management
    • You are NOT Alone! – Coronation Street’s suicide story raises awareness to male suicide
    • Can you imagine how many ex’s I have that think I’m a psycho!?! – Intro into relationships
    • I’m not CRAZY B*!#h (but I can be) – What you should know before dating someone with Bipolar
  • 🖤 Postnatal Mental Health
    • Hey Mama Club idea – plans to set up a local informal mums mental health group
    • I NEED to get it together! #StayPositive
    • New Tattoo and Hair = New Me
    • COMPETITION running on Instagram – Spa Day for a lucky mum! 🧖🏻‍♀️ #MumsMatter
    • ‘Mamas Talk Event – Inspiration Mums talking during Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week #MumsMatter
    • Happy Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 🤰🏻➡️👶🏻
    • Yet another label to add! #MentalHealthLabelling
    • From googling whether Anxiety can cause physically pain? Do I have GAD?!
    • So they think I’m going slightly manic and alittle OCD 🤔
    • I can’t stop the panic 😩
    • What Liberty’s 1st Christmas was like
    • Self Love & Lipstick – Mum and Baby group Session
    • I can’t stop the panic 😩
    • Just Me, Liberty and Pegga Pig – First Weekend Solo Parenting
    • The Struggle was real #BacktoWork
    • Feeling so alone today!
    • I need to learn to love my life!
    • There can’t only be only 1 month remaining?! 😭 – Changes to my return to work
    • #backtowork
  • 🖤 Health, Beauty And Fitness Posts
    • Never having the ‘just been dug up’ look – Preparing for changes in routines – Make up Routine
    • UPDATED: I’m literally sweating from every part of my body – Surviving Summer pregnant
    • 🖤 Post Baby Body
      • #HearMeRoar – The dress that changed my life!
      • Time to get serious getting back into shape!
      • Time to get rid of the ‘Mum Tum’
      • Fallen off the fitness wagon already – time to bring out the big guns 🏃🏻‍♀️ Three words – GREAT NORTH RUN
  • 🖤 Fashion Posts
    • 🖤 Pregnancy Fashion
      • That top is a little too tight now! What Maternity Clothing essentials do I need? 
  • 🖤 Recommendations
    • Using this forced ‘Me’ time to my advantage – Visit to Harrogate Turkish Baths 🧖🏻‍♀️
  • 🖤 Baby Groups and Activities
    • Baby Swimming Lessons – Waterbabies
    • Baby Massage and Yoga by Hazel
    • Things to do with your baby: Everyman Cinema Baby Club
    • MyLifePool
    • Baby Bells – Hartbeeps
  • Contact

Month: Sep 2019

How can so much happen in a couple of weeks!? Sep 14, 2019
Happy 1st Birthday to my Queen! 👸🏻 Sep 6, 2019
Can’t believe my baby girl is 1️⃣ tomorrow 😱 Sep 5, 2019
Hello September! The Bittersweet Month Sep 2, 2019Sep 2, 2019

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Pregnancy, Motherhood and Mental Health Blog covering what it’s like living with a mental health condition during pregnancy and motherhood. It includes recommendations of products which have been tired and tested and recommendations relating to things to do with your baby in Harrogate and the surrounding area.

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Liberty's 1st BirthdaySep 6th, 2019

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Happy 1️⃣5️⃣ months to my angel! Had the best month with making memories by exploring New York City and continuing to watch her grow! She has got 4 new teeth and She has managed to stand on her own over the last month! Walking is so close! Sad that I haven’t got to spend much time with her since starting my new job but mamma has to pay the bills! 🦸🏻‍♀️ #babymilestones #workingmum #15monthsold #growingtoofast #celebrations #teethingbaby #harrogate #oneyearold #harrogatemum #Libertyhughes #daughter #babygirl #newmum #motherhoodjourney #pregnancyblog #mummyblogger #mumlife #mumssupportingmums #harrogateblogger #babyblogger #mentalhealthblog #mentalhealthawareness #bipolarmumandthebabyblog
Its crazy how fast this year has gone and how much has happened! Every year I say the same thing when it approaches new year but December is here and it’s officially my favourite month! This month is special to me as I love Christmas so much and it's the month we got married! This year we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary! Already booked our table at @ivyharrogate for it in September ! Getting into the festive mood this morning and Already eaten half of my advert calendar and blasted out the Christmas tunes in the car! I’m excited for Liberty's second Christmas as last year she was 3 1/2 months old! So much planned for this month with Christmas parties for both me and Liberty! We can going to see Santa at @brimhamrocksfarm on the Sunday before and already created her Christmas Eve box! Liberty has several Christmas outfits to wear for all her parties (currently has 4 to attend) plus we have matching jumpers for the @hartbeepsharrogatewetherby party! I also get to live and breathe all things Christmas at work with the preschool children!#24daystogo 🎅🏻🎄♥️ #christmas #seasonofjoy #happiness #ilovechristmas #favouritetimeofyear #joy #festive #friends #weddinganniversary #harrogate #oneyearold #harrogatemum #Libertyhughes #daughter #babygirl #newmum #motherhoodjourney #pregnancyblog #mummyblogger #mumlife #mumssupportingmums #harrogateblogger #babyblogger #mentalhealthblog #mentalhealthawareness #bipolarmumandthebabyblog
Following on from a major holiday come down coming home from New York! It is definitely true what they say that putting your Christmas tree up can make you happy! Added my new baubles from @macys and office they had to get one for Liberty! I literally had a feeling of overwhelming happiness doing it with G and T and Christmas music channel on it the background for additional pleasure! Just need an extension lead to add so I can put another set of lights on and Do the rest of the house! This tree is definitely going to get pulled down tomorrow morning! 32 days to go! 🎄🎅🏻♥️#christmastree #christmasdecorations #christmas #seasonofjoy #happiness #ilovechristmas #favouritetimeofyear #joy #festive #macys #baubles #harrogate #oneyearold #harrogatemum #Libertyhughes #daughter #babygirl #newmum #motherhoodjourney #pregnancyblog #mummyblogger #mumlife #mumssupportingmums #harrogateblogger #babyblogger #mentalhealthblog #mentalhealthawareness #bipolarmumandthebabyblog
Throwback to this time last week! Work was done and successfully got us to the airport following my first night drive on the motorway in the rain and we were settling in to the hotel ready for our dream trip of a lifetime! I was nervous about the flight with Liberty and how it was going to be taking a 1 year old to the big city , planned our day trips while drinking pink Gin and Tonics and checking over and over again whether we had everything but it was totally fine! Always have and will be an overthinking! Liberty was gifted this bear by the hotel and it was a lovely gesture! It was great that they supported such an amazing charity that was @greatormondstreethospital #premierinn #manchesterairport #greatormondstreethospital #newyork #newyorkcity #firstfamilytrip #familyhoilday #hughesinnewyork #harrogate #oneyearold #harrogatemum #Libertyhughes #daughter #babygirl #newmum #motherhoodjourney #pregnancyblog #mummyblogger #mumlife #mumssupportingmums #harrogateblogger #babyblogger #mentalhealthblog #mentalhealthawareness #bipolarmumandthebabyblog

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