In 2018 I gave birth to my Daughter Daisy :)

I had a very normal pregnancy & birth but after a few months I started to feel what I thought was normal postpartum depression, so I made an appointment to see a doctor, I was prescribed some antidepressants straight away, so immediately took one, from that time to 5 months later I have very little memory of being admitted to a mother & baby unit then on to a priory hospital, during this time daisy went into the care of my sister while I had electric shock treatment as my brain had shut down, thankfully the treatment boosted my brain back into action. After 6 months I was transferred to a newly built mbu in dartford ( nearer to home then before ) this is where I made the most recovery and was able to care for daisy with the help of staff there. I was discharged from hospital the day before Daisy’s first birthday because they can only take mothers and babies up until a year old.

Since being home in 2019 it has been a very long road to recovery but I have made loads of progress and finally enjoying my life again :) so this year marked 5 years of being discharged, so i decided to walk to stone hospital and back which is that distance my family travelled to visit me.

Thanks for your support 💜

Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) is a UK charity. We’re here to make sure mums, parents and families are supported through postpartum psychosis – a severe, but treatable, form of mental illness that occurs after having a baby and affects 1400 new mums in the UK each year.

We offer information and peer support, facilitate ground breaking research, raise awareness and campaign for improved services.

Our life changing peer support network helps women and families affected by postpartum psychosis feel understood, supported and less isolated.