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Featuring sustainable fabrics, a one-hand seat recline and super compact fold, Clic is designed for families on the go and will carry your little one from birth to toddler.
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Suitable from newborn to toddler, Pop is the ultimate everyday pushchair offering a smooth and comfortable ride for baby and added peace-of-mind for parents.
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Coast is our cool and durable carrycot/pushchair travel system which features stylish detailing and premium marl fabrics. Coast is fully accessorised with a co-ordinating deeply padded footmuff and super practical pram bag.
Tide is our new multi-terrain pushchair with an overnight sleeping approved carrycot, reversible multi-recline pushchair seat and effortless freestanding fold.
Introducing the all new Wave, our future-proof travel system that’s designed especially for growing families.
Suburban, stylish, sustainable – Reef is our multi-terrain travel system offering the ultimate in baby comfort no matter where your adventures take you.
Dune, our contemporary and compact urban travel system proves there’s no need to compromise when it comes to style and functionality.
Add an award-winning Dream i-Size Infant Carrier & Base with your Coast pushchair, designed for everyday strolls
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. Includes Accessory pack with a changing rucksack, footmuff, phone holder and cup holder.
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. With 4-wheel suspens...
Our lightest, most compact multi-terrain pushchair, Tide is made for exploring. With 4-wheel suspens...
Everything you need with your Wave pram including Dream i-Size infant carrier & base, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Turn your Wave pram into a Travel System with an award-winning Dream i-Size infant carrier
Everything you need with your Reef pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Reef, our multi-terrain travel system offering the ultimate in baby comfort no matter where your adventures take you with its freestanding fold, first bed folding carrycot and off road wheels with a travel pack
Everything you need with your Dune pram including a First Bed Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Combine your Dune pram with a Newborn Pod and an award-winning Dream i-Size infant carrier and Travel pack.
Everything you need with your Dune pram including a Compact Folding Carrycot, Dream i-Size infant carrier, changing bag, footmuff, phone holder and snack tray
Combine your Dune pram with a Compact Folding Carrycot and an award-winning Dream i-Size infant carrier
Featuring sustainable fabrics, a one-hand seat recline and super compact fold, Clic is designed for families on the go and will carry your little one from birth to toddler.
Suitable from newborn to toddler, Pop is the ultimate everyday pushchair offering a smooth and comfortable ride for baby and added peace-of-mind for parents.
Upgrade your daily strolls with Zest, our everyday pushchair offering style and comfort for both parents and babies.
Makes mealtimes fun
Eat&Play is the 4-in-1 highchair and play table that does it all. Transforming effortlessly from...
For snacking, weaning and playtime
Start you little one's weaning journey
Awarded the safest infant carrier for your newborn by ADAC, when used with the Dream i-Size base
The only 360° rotating car seat you need, suitable from birth to approx. 12 years
The multi-stage car seat, growing with your child from 15 months to approx. 12 years of age
Our high-back booster seat from 4 to 12 years old, approved to the latest R129/03 safety standard
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Create the best nursery for your little one to nap, play and grow with the Bromley Oak 3-piece nurse...
Created for a life in motion
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Developed for slumber and play wherever you go
Having a baby is usually a positive experience for parents. Society expects us to feel happy and fulfilled as we welcome a new life into our world, yet parents have a major readjustment to deal with, including a loss of independence, changes in financial status and security and sometimes changes in relationships with those in different circumstances.
The Baby Blues
Approximately one in two mothers experience baby blues, which typically occurs between three to five days after the birth. A mother may feel weepy, irritable and have a low mood. These feelings are very common and usually subside after a week or so. If the feelings don’t go away or get worse it’s important to speak with your health visitor or GP about how you are feeling.
Postnatal Depression and Anxiety
Postnatal depression (PND) is a recognised and treatable illness which affects approximately one in five new mothers. Approximately one in ten fathers experience paternal depression after the birth of their baby.
Approximately two thirds of mothers who experience PND state they had some symptoms during their pregnancy. The illness can affect anyone irrespective of background and circumstances and although it may present straight after the birth it sometimes can go unrecognised and undiagnosed for weeks or months after. Many first time parents may think it’s usual to feel the way they do or are ashamed of their feelings, which may hinder them from seeking help. I still hear mothers saying they have a fear of their baby being taken away from them if they tell a health professional how they are feeling. This is not the case - health professionals are here to help families experiencing PND and offer them support. It is so important to talk to someone about how you are feeling so you can get the support you need.
Postnatal depression (PND) is a recognised and treatable illness which affects approximately one in five new mothers.
"Health professionals are here to help families experiencing PND and offer them support. It is so important to talk to someone about how you are feeling so you can get the support you need."
The most common symptoms of PND are low mood, feelings of anxiety, the inability to enjoy or look forward to things, lack of motivation and extreme tiredness. Many think a sign of PND is being unable to feel a bond with your baby. This feeling of lack of attachment may affect some mothers, however there are many mothers that have PND that do not have attachment issues with their baby.
Some mothers may not actually feel depressed but feel far more anxious or agitated, so may not recognise this as PND. They may not know what they are feeling anxious about and may experience panic attacks due to the anxiety.
Other mothers may feel feeling overwhelmed by the responsibility of having a baby and may become anxious about the baby’s health and/ or their own health. These feelings can be very frightening and it is important to remember there is a huge range of feelings and symptoms with PND. This is another reason to discuss your feelings with a health professional.
Accessing Support
I would always initially advise speaking to your GP and health visitor about how you are feeling. Your GP may refer you for counselling or a referral the perinatal team for support. They may also suggest anti depressants, which can be hugely beneficial to recovery and some can be taken if you are breastfeeding. They may be able to signpost you to a support group to be with other mothers who are feeling similar to yourself. This really helps with normalising mothers’ feelings and reducing the sense of isolation that goes with experiencing PND. There is no shame in having this illness, although some mothers do feel this and to be with others who understand your feelings can really help recovery.
“Having postnatal depression can be frightening and distressing. It's important to remember that with the right support and/or treatment you will recover and enjoy life again”
Helping Yourself
Having postnatal depression can be frightening and distressing. Sometimes you may feel like you are going mad and may never feel like the person you were before. It’s important to remember that with the right support and/or treatment you will recover and enjoy life again.
If possible, try to rest when you can as tiredness may make your symptoms worse. Ask for help from family and friends if you can. Try to eat small regular meals especially if your appetite is poor. This helps to keep the blood sugar level constant which can help ease the anxiety and low mood.
Your confidence will be lowered when anxious and depressed and sometimes can take a while to return. Remember, it is tough being a new parent so give yourself credit for even small things that you achieve.
If feeling up to it, try to take some exercise. This doesn’t need to be vigorous - a walk in the fresh air can help to ease irritability and tension
Try to confide in someone you feel comfortable with and won’t pass opinion nor judge you. You may find it helps to write your feelings down and keep track of how you’re feeling, so you can see how you’re recovering.
Here are some before and after statements from mothers I have supported through their recovery:
“I didn’t want to go out and see people, I’m usually such a positive person, I felt as if I’d had a personality change: The anti depressants that I took really helped me.”
“I felt so alone, like no one could really understand how I was feeling. It was so good to talk to someone else that had been through it, that really helped me realise that I would get better.”
“I felt that I’d made a big mistake in having a baby: I love my daughter to pieces now and never thought I would feel like this when I had PND.”
Postnatal depression and anxiety can be a very debilitating and frightening illness which parents need to seek support for. The following are some useful contacts:
The Association for Postnatal Illness
www.apni.org 0207 386 0868
The Cedar House Support Group ‘embracing support for postnatal depression’
www.cedarhousesupportgroup.com
Liz Wise, specialist PND Counsellor
MIND, maternal mental health
Liz Wise is a specialist postnatal depression (PND) counsellor who has been supporting mothers with postnatal depression for over 25 years. She sits on the committee for The Association for Postnatal Illness and has her own charity, The Cedar House Support Group, which offers help to mothers through support groups in London and Surrey. Having had PND after both her daughters she has a wealth of personal and professional experience in helping mothers understand what they are going through and helping them to recover. Liz offers confidential one to one counselling either face to face, phone, online or email and runs PND support groups in London and Surrey.