Post-Natal Depression: Resources & Information

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The day postpartum depression stole my husband

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A deep depression hit Prue Gusmerini soon after the birth of her son.

One day I was fine, the next I was having the darkest thoughts of my life

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7 things you might not know about postnatal depression

Despite its widespread nature, there is still a great amount of mystery surrounding PND - and it's important to try unravelling as much of that as we can.

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Postnatal depression: dispelling the myths

There are a number of myths surrounding postnatal depression, some of which helped Megan Blandford ignore her own PND for so long. Here's why so many PND myths just aren’t true.

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Crying baby mum

Is it postnatal depression or just the baby blues?

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Support team ... Having someone to talk to honestly about your feelings can help if you're feeling down.

Is postnatal depression preventable?

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Helping a friend who has postnatal depression

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"Will I turn back into that broken person I was not so long ago?"

Should I have another baby after having postnatal depression the first time around?

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My postnatal bipolar scared me and my family

After my first child, from the moment I woke up to the moment I finally fell into a drug-induced sleep, it was pure hell.

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Jess Crowe and five-month-old baby Lachlan.

'I hated looking at my baby': Jess's journey from IVF to postnatal depression

'I hated touching him, I hated looking at him - I genuinely thought that I hated him.'

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Disinterest from a mother can signal something far more serious.

Don't dismiss a new mum's boredom. It could be a sign of something more serious

If a woman's principal feeling toward her child is disinterest, it may be a sign of postnatal depression.

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Mums share how an MBU would have helped them and their families.

'Being in a psychiatric ward without my baby felt like hell': mums explain the importance of mother and baby mental health units

Mothers explain why Mother and Baby Mental Health Units are so important.

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“We had a clock on our living room wall and I became convinced there was a camera in it. I was under surveillance and ...

The mental illness that affects one in 500 new mothers

Postnatal depression is much better understood today. Not so its darker sister, postnatal psychosis.

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New dad Ross Hunt has spoken openly about postnatal depression.

'There were times when I hated you': Dad's battle with postnatal depression

"I had daddy depression."

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So your birth didn’t go according to plan? Don’t blame yourself

While childbirth is often a joyful event, it rarely unfolds exactly how we think it will.

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Clementine, left, and Lola.

My battle with postnatal depression

Brigid Glanville took time off work to have her second child, Clementine, but in the months following the birth, things started to unravel.

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What 'postnatal rage' could be trying to tell you

Rage is often followed by feelings of guilt, shame and secrecy.

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How to be a parent when you can't get out of bed

I am a mother and I have depression.

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Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend.

Chrissy Teigen fears she'll suffer from postnatal depression again

She is understandable nervous about suffering the same fate again.

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