‘Post-natal depression is so different for every person – it can come at different stages post-birth.
‘Actually some people get it pre-natally as well. But mine actually hit me the instant the baby had come out.
‘Literally as soon as she was born I burst into tears, it was really weird.
‘It was a perfectly alright water birth, it wasn’t traumatic, but obviously I’d never had a baby before. So I kind of thought “maybe this is just what happens”.
‘Two weeks later I was still crying.’
Author and blogger Emily-Jane Clark joined us on our podcast to talk post-natal depression.
Although her health visitor and others suggested she was suffering from the condition, it took her a while to accept it.
She said: ‘I just didn’t have a clue, I refused to believe I had post-natal depression. I just genuinely believed I was rubbish at looking after babies.’
Emily-Jane talked about becoming very anxious about carrying her daughter down the… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/25/as-soon-as-she-was-born-i-burst-into-tears-emily-jane-clark-talks-post-natal-depression-on-mentally-yours-7406104/
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