Recovery – Is it even possible?

Recovery – Is it even possible?

Is there life after a maternal mental illness? Is recovery even possible? Will you ever be you again? When you realise you have a maternal mental illness one of the difficulties can be that you feel like you will have lost yourself forever. This can then prevent us...
Recovery – Is it even possible?

Is medication the only way to help maternal mental illness?

You have discovered that you are one of the 1 in 5 UK mums affected by maternal mental health, now your being offered medication. But your unsure, maybe your pregnant and are worried the meds will harm baby. Or similarly breastfeeding and not sure if the meds will...
Kelly Hulse

Kelly Hulse

I’ve been affected by depression since the age of around 14, at 14 I had a drug and alcohol worker because I was drinking a lot at that time. The previous 2 years to that I was being left to look after my younger siblings. Whilst my mum was out doing drugs, as a...
Lija Steel

Lija Steel

I was effected by post natal mental health due to being very ill during my 2nd pregnancy and my baby having to be born at 35 weeks and was very ill too. My baby was in the Special Care Baby Unit for 6 weeks. They call it the baby blues I also suffer mental health from...