Stephanie's Miles for Mums & Babies Challenge

Stephanie Fakharzadeh is raising money for APP
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Miles for Mums & Babies Challenge · 27 April 2021

Action on Postpartum Psychosis supports women and families affected by Postpartum Psychosis (PP) across the UK. We provide information and peer support, facilitate research into PP, raise awareness of this rare yet severe postnatal mental illness and campaign for improved services.

Story

When my daughter was two weeks old, I was hospitalized due to postpartum psychosis. I was in a psych ward for five days and, due to COVID, I was not allowed to visit with her at all during that period. Action on Postpartum Psychosis is a UK-based support network for women who have experienced postpartum psychosis. One of their projects is advocating for "Mother and Baby Units" that allow women to receive mental health treatment without being separated from their babies. To raise funds and awareness, I am walking 100 miles: the round-trip distance it would have taken for my daughter and I to see each other once a day during my hospital stay. I'm hoping to walk as many of those miles as possible with others (whether in person or over the phone) to hear their postpartum/perinatal stories and gain strength from each other!

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