According to a new report by the British Red Cross and the Co-Op, young motherhood can be just as lonely as divorce or bereavement, challenging the assumption that feelings of loneliness affect only the elderly.

This may sounds surprising to some, but when I brought it up with my mum friends, the consensus boiled down to this: ‘No s***’.

It’s safe to say that, for some of us, our entry in to motherhood is unequivocally the loneliest, most difficult experience we’ll go through in our lives.

Much of the experience is expectation versus reality: a filtered Instagram snap of life versus the reality of greasy hair and explosive poo. A comparison of your wobbly tummy compared with the six week post-partum abs on Victoria’s Secret models. Human nature lends itself to comparison - and if you buy into what you see online or in magazines, new mums can’t help but feel on the wrong foot from the off.