A mum-of-one left with postnatal anxiety and insecurities about her body after giving birth is now feeling “empowered” after writing a children’s book about her stretch marks. She ditched her day job to become a full-time author specialising in inclusivity, dedicating time giving body positivity talks to lift other mums who may be struggling.
Kate Claxton, 35, is an ex-theatre marketing manager. She was angered by the pressure to get her body back to the size it was before giving birth and felt like she “didn’t fit into society as a mum”.
She also suffered from postnatal anxiety after her daughter was born with jaundice, which left her so forgetful she “couldn’t even remember if she had given birth to a boy or a girl”. Kate, who lives in Swindon with her husband, Tony Claxton, 35, a procurement advisor, and their three-year-old daughter, who Kate wished to remain unnamed, was struggling to remember any nursery rhymes, so she decided to create her own.
