Articles tagged with: Perinatal Mental Health
Why Northern Ireland Needs a Mother and Baby Unit for Perinatal Mental Health
The perinatal period is one of the most vulnerable times in a woman’s life. Almost 20,000 babies were born across Northern Ireland, and approximately 1,000 women and birthing people will experience a severe postnatal mental illness. Within the UK, suicide remains the leading cause of maternal...
Your Voice, Your Strength | Davina's Story for Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
This Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, the theme is Your Voice, Your Strength. Meet Davina — a mum who courageously shares her journey through motherhood and how becoming hypervigilant changed the way she saw the world.
Opening up and asking for help was one of the hardest things Davina...
The choices I made as a new mum for better mental health!
Hi, my name is Leah, and I have two children. Judah is aged three, and Nova is one and a half.
I was and still feel part of the ‘Two Under Two Club’. It is a sophisticated club – full of unwashed hair, laundry piles four times the size of the washing machine you can’t get near, sticky...
Maternal Mental Health Awareness week! (3rd-9th of May 2021)
Theme: Journeys to Recovery #myjourneytorecovery
For expecting parents, having a baby can create a rollercoaster of emotions. Excitement, joy, hope, and anticipation along with worry, fear, and stress. These emotions will most likely affect all parents at some stage, even if they present...
AWARE welcomes the findings of the Bengoa report
AWARE, the national charity for people with depression in Northern Ireland has today welcomed the report from Professor Bengoa and the subsequent vision published by the Minister for Health Michelle O’Neill.
Minister O’Neill set out her vision, entitled, ‘Health and Wellbeing 2026:...
Let's talk about perinatal mental health @sportrelief #MumTalk
As part of a series of new short films produced by Sport Relief, TV presenter Fern Britton shared her experience of maternal mental health alongside other mums and dads from across the UK, who have also been affected, on Wednesday 24th February.
The powerful personal stories were shared on Sport...
