There I was on the plush designer sofa overlooking glamorous Knightsbridge — red cheeks streaked in hot tears, wobbly hands clutching sodden mascara-stained tissues. Silly me, thinking a night at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park was going to be all comfort and pampering.
When I booked into newly-opened postpartum retreat The Tenth, set within one of London’s most iconic luxury hotels, I had imagined reclining on a massage table sipping fizz, while my baby was entertained by an army of childminders. Instead I seemed to be having something of a personal revelation.
