2/2 If you have #PND please seek help.
In the UK talk to your midwife or health visitor and make an appointment with your GP. There is most likely help available in your area.
If that is too much, please look at https://apni.org/ who helped me so much after the birth of my first child. I cannot explain the relief of being able to talk to someone who had been in my position and got better!
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Feel free to add toots with helpful links for to places in your country too!

#IDMastodon Pre-pregnancy #obesity increases the risk of #antenatal #depressive symptoms and is also associated with systemic #inflammation during #pregnancy. Associations between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI; kg/m2), Edinburgh #Postnataldepression Scale (EPDS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) scores at 28 weeks of gestation.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159123001782?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email

Postnatal depression is surging, and it’s still misunderstood | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/postnatal-depression-postpartum-help-uk-b2361438.html

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“Like being a pretender”: A meta-synthesis of experiences of loneliness in perinatal depression https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=169716

Francesca Kingston explores experiences of loneliness among women with perinatal depression, reported in a new meta-synthesis published in BMC Psychiatry. 

#Loneliness #Depression #Pregnancy #PerinatalDepression #PostnatalDepression #Mothers #SocialIsolation #Parenting #Qualitative

Parents’ depression can be linked to children’s emotional difficulties https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=170663

Lisa Lloyd and Derek Tracy summarise a new paper in the BJPsych, which focuses on parental depression symptoms in both mothers and fathers, and how they are linked with emotional difficulties in their children.

#Depression #Parenting #PerinatalDepression #PostnatalDepression #Mothers #Fathers #InfantMentalHealth #EmotionalDifficulties #BJPsych #ALSPAC #NetworkAnalysis