I feel first times mums should be told that asking for help is ok!!

yeah this is a great article and very brief. i think that you could write all day and still think of new things to add to this list. i think that i felt such a new and intense love for this little child and that changed me completely. You also forget what life is like before you got pregnant because you really have someone else to focus on

Postnatal Depression is something that doctors, nurses, midwives everyone should know about. It’s a silent killer I suffered with my first baby for 6 months and I didn’t know what was happening to me I was 18. Lucky my doctor picked up on it when I was honest about it, there is a stigma attached to Postnatal Depression and it needs to be more commonly spoken about.

I found that people were all too quick to tell you the horror stories and negatives but rarely the positive and beautiful things and when it comes down to it the lovely things far outweigh any negatives.

Great article, there is so much they don’t tell you. thanks for sharing

I was 20 when I fell pregnant with my first child. None of my friends had babies and I’d never held a newborn before. It can be exciting and scary at the same time. It is an instant love from the moment you see their body born out of yours. You will have some fun times and some hard times, you will laugh and you will cry. No matter what I’ve learnt that you should always give your children lots of cuddles and let your children grow up seeing their parents cuddling and loving each other.

Hmmm… This article sounds a bit negative to me… What about focusing on the positive and joyful side? I’m sure all mums go through the same thing, we all have our down days but it’s good to focus on happy things.

I don’t think it would matter even if they did tell us, we would still have our little miracles

there are a lot of things you are not told about!

good article, thanks for sharing

I’m looking forward to meeting my baby but the process is a hard one. I remember how scared I was t go to the toilet with stitches, nobody warned me about that. Or the sore boobs amd cracked nipples.

love this, and so true

thanks for sharing was a good read

thanks for sharing was a great read

I really liked reading through this article.

Its always a shock knowing now you have a little one that totally realise on you, but routine finally comes and you learn to relax little

Not to be so worried about the routines the hospital try to get you into. Once you get home, you will settle into your own routine that suits you.

There are plenty of surprises along the journey.

yes time does go quick!

That everyone will have a view on how you should raise your child – and they’ll all be different…