Having a baby is a big life event, and it's natural to experience a range of emotions and reactions during and after your pregnancy. But if they start to have a big impact on how you live your life, you might be experiencing a mental health problem.

Around one in five women will experience a mental health problem during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth. This might be a new mental health problem or another episode of a mental health problem you've experienced before.

It can take a lot of courage to tell the midwife your thoughts and ask for help from the GP.

It can be really difficult to feel able to talk openly about how you're feeling when you become a new parent. You might feel:

pressure to be happy and excited,
like you have to be on top of everything, worried you're a bad parent.