News from Mum Love
how we’re impacting the news agenda for mums
FROM A MOTHER TO ANOTHER
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FROM A MOTHER TO ANOTHER |
Transforming Maternal Support: Vanessa's Journey with Mothering Minds
Vanessa Rio built Mothering Minds because she lived the gap herself - that unsettling feeling of navigating early motherhood without the right support at the right time. What started as a personal experience has grown into a platform bringing specialist perinatal support, emotional wellbeing and real understanding together in one place.
Angela McConville and NCT: Championing Women Through Every Stage of Motherhood
Angela McConville, CEO of NCT, is quietly steering one of the UK's most trusted parenting charities into a new era, one that goes well beyond birth preparation. In a really open conversation, she shares how NCT is evolving to meet the emotional and identity shifts of modern motherhood, not just the practical ones.
Meet Lorainne Tudor Car: A Leader in Digital Health and Women’s Wellbeing
Professor Lorainne Tudor Car brings together medical expertise, years of digital health research and her own experience of motherhood to make the case for something simple but powerful - that women deserve honest, open conversations about what becoming a mother really feels like. Her work at King's College London is helping to turn that belief into evidence-backed action.
Naani: Built for the 3am Moment
Pooja Patel built Naani from a feeling most mothers know well - that 3am moment when you are holding everything together and quietly wishing someone would hold you too. Drawing on over eleven years in NHS cancer care and her own experience of motherhood, she has created something genuinely warm and human.
Maternal transformation and losing your identity in motherhood
Becoming a mother reshapes who you are at every level, personally, socially and culturally, and that shift can feel overwhelming when no one names it out loud. Understanding these layers of identity is the first step to finding your way back to yourself.
helping new mothers through sharing stories of motherhood
When 3 in 4 mothers face identity confusion after birth, the words we use to describe that experience really matter. By shifting from clinical language to something more human, we open the door to conversations that actually help.
What is Matrescence?
You've probably heard of adolescence. Matrescence is the same kind of shift, but for becoming a mother. It's gradual, sometimes disorienting, and completely normal. And most women go through it without ever knowing it has a name.
Who am I now? Making sense of identity loss after having a baby
After a baby arrives, it's common to find yourself wondering where you went. Not in a dramatic way, just a quiet, nagging sense that the person you were before is harder to find. You're not alone, and there are ways through it.
Embracing Matrescence: A Path to Maternal Well-Being
Only 20% of new mothers are screened for postpartum depression, despite research showing that understanding matrescence, the developmental transition into motherhood, significantly improves mindfulness, self-compassion and resilience in those who learn about it.
Identity loss in motherhood - it’s Not Just You
Most mothers feel it, that quiet unravelling nobody warned you about, and new research from Mum Love confirms it. Our inaugural report, presented to 10 Downing Street in February 2026, found that 82% of new mothers felt overwhelmed, 55% experienced a loss of identity, and 78% felt uncertain about their role after birth - because this transition deserves real support, not silence.
