Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week

Maternal mental health awareness week is taking place this week, a campaign to raise awareness of mental health problems during and after pregnancy, to change attitudes surrounding maternal mental health and to advocate for mums to be able to access the information and support they need. During pregnancy and the postnatal period, many mothers experience heightened anxiety, feelings of isolation, judgement and guilt which are linked to pre-and postnatal depression and other mental health problems.