<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Mind and Meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mind and Motherhood]]></description><link>https://www.mindandmotherhood.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:36:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mindandmotherhood.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When the Bundle Arrives but the Joy Doesn’t : My Experience with Postpartum Depression and Anxiety. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[ ‘I can’t, I don’t know her, I don’t know what she wants, I’ll drop her, she doesn’t like me, I’m dirty, she’ll get poorly from me’, the rapid cycling thoughts shot through my head and I froze.  My bundle had arrived, but the joy hadn’t.  ]]></description><link>https://www.mindandmotherhood.org/post/when-the-bundle-arrives-but-the-joy-doesn-t-my-experience-with-postpartum-depression-and-anxiety</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a54df5281705eaf09229d08</guid><category><![CDATA[Post Partum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birth Trauma]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:36:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e92d440180643b8b114ab364b1fd91f.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dealing with Post Partum Trauma]]></title><description><![CDATA[I gave birth, via planned c-section, on the 8th January 2026 to our beautiful daughter, Blake Louise. A moment I’d longed for in the middle of dark nights, a dream I’d manifested into reality many times and there she was 7lbs 3oz of utter perfection.  After two previous miscarriages I didn’t think Blake would ever be real, ever be in my arms, yet there she was and I should’ve been grateful. Right? ]]></description><link>https://www.mindandmotherhood.org/post/dealing-with-post-partum-trauma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4bc94f0e6d4656949e24b0</guid><category><![CDATA[Birth Trauma]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:19:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36fc20_42baeeda399f4b389e7bac0bc342c1cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_497,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medication or Therapy ? The Mental Health Conundrum.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was 18, I went to the GP with low mood. Within three minutes, I left clutching a prescription for fluoxetine, more commonly known as Prozac. This was in 2004, when mental health was not as widely talked about. It was still a little taboo, judged by the ignorant and dismissed by the resilient.]]></description><link>https://www.mindandmotherhood.org/post/medication-or-therapy-the-mental-health-conundrum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4a65d3fa58f0a255d48662</guid><category><![CDATA[Medication]]></category><category><![CDATA[Therapy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:47:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4d56202e0b84fe9ad98d9ba859b1ef2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind &#38; Motherhood:Coping with Mental Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always wonder how many psychiatrists have lived experience. It takes a long time to train as a psychiatrist, and it’s tough going, which doesn’t leave much time for lived experience in my opinion. And these are the doctors dishing out the medication]]></description><link>https://www.mindandmotherhood.org/post/mind-and-motherhood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4605e45af2dd52aa987d2b</guid><category><![CDATA[Coping]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:59:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36fc20_6b9fdfcb26a248c6b267d1a83361210f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>