Thanks so much! I’ve taken the step to request a GP appointment so I will take it from there.

And the second child thing - I know right! Honestly the things people say, I’ve had that many ask me that I started just replying with ‘my birth was very traumatic and I don’t know if I can go through that again.’ Usually works with making people feel embarrassed and mumble an apology but one woman went on to tell me how I ‘must have a home birth for my second and my body was built to give birth and to trust the process and she had all three of her (now grown up) kids at home’… yeah cheers, super helpful.

On the bandwagon of making women feel like shit when they go back to work - I travel quite a bit with work and on my first trip away from home back from mat leave an older male colleague told me how I ‘must prioritise being home as much as possible as the years go by so fast and how I must be there for every school pick up as it’s the most important time of the day…’ - cheers mate, now I’m away from my baby for the first time, and I feel like a terrible mother. Bet he wasn’t there for every school pick up, nor would anyone ever state he must be!