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I didn’t see the programme however after having postnatal psychosis 7 years ago can absolutely relate, the hospital experience was one of the worst experience,’s of my life, scary beyond words being locked up without ny baby in a mixed ward with people that had severe mental illness not related to child birth. Hallucinations paranoia delusions sleep paralysis panic attacks not good… however there is a light at the end of the tunnel I did recover naturally and went onto have a beautiful home birth experience with my daughter Lily 3 years later and came off meds after 3 weeks. Recommend looking into personal development and the law of attraction for anyone still suffering 🙂 thank you for all you do Elaine, I’d love to help any way I can with your new book too.
Thank you so much. I will send you the link to the survey.
Read your entry after seeing a link on CTM Facebook page. If only there was more awareness to this then so much more could be done to help women and families diagnosed.
I have not suffered with the illness myself just mild PND with my first pregnancy, and I felt hopeless and alone so cannot begin to fathom what you and other women have been through.
Keep blogging and writing as you have touched so many lives and are helpin women everywhere to know they are not alone and there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Rebecca
I really appreciate your kind comments Rebecca. x
Great to hear people speaking out and widening the knowledge of perinatal illness. I also suffered with signs of Pueperal psychosis a few days after having my little boy. I was very fortunate to have an amazing strong family around me who sort the right help and I was admitted to a parent and baby unit. It was traumatic experience but the service re-built me (with short term medication) and I became the mum I always wanted to be.
Thank you for sharing another story of hope Holly!
Elaine wasn’t it great to see PP highlighted on Call the Midwife? Tears and tissues in our household for sure that night! Thanks to all involved in producing the show for highlighting the condition. Every bit of exposure is just one step closer to demystifying the illness for those who might be confronted by it in future, or indeed struggling to come to terms with it right now. Hoping the new book is making good progress!
My mother was hospitalised with puerperal psychosis when I was nearly one year old. It had gone denied and neglected for a really long time. The separation of mother and baby that ensued continues to have such difficult consequences for us, and I am now 28 Such a relief to read this post and it’s drawing attention to the need for mothers and babies to be together as far and as much as humanly possible, even during such terrible times.