Everything changes after birth - your body, your identity, you hormones - the lot! All too often we spend time congratulating mums on their new baby and the assumed happiness and excitement we perceive to be paired with it, but is that the reality for all new mums? It wasn’t for me, I went through a process of physical and mental recovery that I hadn’t anticipated, I wish I’d known more so I could prepare a little better for the reality of postpartum. I hope that by sharing these things, I can give others an insight to the reality, reassure them it’s normal and raise awareness that things improve over time no matter how different everything feels in those early days, it’s all about learning to mum.