Now you are one, I am suddenly overwhelmed with so many emotions that I thought had mellowed into the back of my mind; because my darling boy your arrival heralded my mental unravelling.
They hand you this precious, tiny bundle, and they just expect you to know how to keep it alive. There’s no handbook for being a parent, but nothing prepares you for those first few weeks of sheer panic.
It is only now, with reflection, that I understand why it all seemed to unravel so quickly: I had suffered from pre-natal depression but I just hadn’t realised it.
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