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Introduction to the Lockdown Mums

It鈥檚 said, 鈥淚t takes a village to raise a child.鈥 But families with babies born during COVID have been left asking, 鈥淲here鈥檚 the village?鈥

In a series of intimate conversations we hear the experiences of new mothers navigating birth, relationships and the ups and downs of learning how to parent in a pandemic.

As the world shut down, routine check-ups were cancelled; baby groups called off and proud grandparents were kept away from cuddles.

New parents literally had their 鈥榲illage鈥 disappear overnight. And now, as many families begin to re-unite and return to a more normal life after months of isolation, these post-pandemic mums face a daunting question: How do you navigate re-entry when your own world and the world outside are so fundamentally changed?

In a set of eleven conversations, each new mum discusses how COVID鈥檚 transformed them from the mum they thought they鈥檇 be, to the one their family needed to be to survive.

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