'Not coping as a new mum? Asking for help is the bravest thing you can do'

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Does every day feel like BlueMonday since you had your baby? Here's why asking for help is the bravest – and best – thing you can do: baby parenting PND

We still don\u2019t really talk about it \u2013 or at least perhaps not completely honestly \u2013 but having a baby is hard. Hard on the body, hard on the mind.\nThere is still an expectation that pregnancy and parenthood are solely lightness and joy, and even if they aren\u2019t, we still, as mothers, put that expectation on ourselves.\nBut it is tough.\nAs a GP, I see patients all the time who have had operations and are signed off work for a period of time.

Symptoms can include low mood, feeling sad and depressed, feeling of hopeless and feeling that you are worthless or a bad mother. You may not be able to find the pleasure in anything, feel that you can\u2019t manage or be very tearful.\u00a0 People often describe feeling extremely guilty about their feelings \u2013 especially if, for example if they feel unconnected to their baby.\nAnxiety and intrusive thoughts. Although I didn\u2019t have postnatal depression, I did have intrusive thoughts.

 

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