FYI, postpartum depression/anxiety (PPD, PPA) can look like: writing thank you cards to people who sent money/baby gifts & being genuinely grateful for others being thoughtful - but then not having the energy to place them in the mail. #Postpartum #PostpartumAnxiety #PostpartumDepression #Motherhood

After the birth I had a period of #PostPartumAnxiety and #PostPartumDepression. The #PPA was expected as I have anxiety anyway, and was reasonably easy to deal with. The #PPD was unexpected and caused by a lot of external events at the time such as the invasion of Ukraine, complete abandoning of Covid protections, and a loss in the family. I had delayed bonding with my daughter which was hard