I never believed in the word depression, let alone postnatal depression, how could anyone possibly be depressed after having a baby I wondered?
For all of you reading this and who are experiencing this very debilitating condition now, REMEMBER YOU WILL GET BETTER, it is a gradual and timely recovery, but postnatal depression does go and you will live life to the full again.
More needs to be done to spot and support women suffering with antenatal depression, experts have warned today. The Royal College of Midwives (RCM)...
As a society, we probably do not understand the extent to which perinatal mental health problems can impact adversely on families and in particular children. There is a paradox of society's expectation of the happy mother, perfect parents with a much loved baby. This is in contrast compared to the hidden realities of becoming and being parents.
New mothers in their early forties are five times more likely to suffer from depression after giving birth than their younger counterparts, new resear...
