Postnatal depression

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''I haven't said this.''

''I thought... I cannot keep going like this."

''We're all a work in progress. It's about saying, 'you know what, it's okay not to be okay'.''

Imagining how she’d be remembered inspired her to completely reinvent her life.

''I want other mums who are struggling to know.''

Social media can be used for the greater good.

''When things got tough, I had a cake-up call.''

''Having kids sent me to the depths of despair, but I’m stronger because of it.''

Considering three million Australians are living with anxiety and depression, we need to talk about mental health now more than ever.

''I do remember crying every day...''

Having a baby is supposed to be a time of joy, but for those who experience postnatal depression it can be anything but enjoyable.

Speaking to The Australian Women's Weekly, Grant talks about the moment that nearly broke him.

It doesn’t always happen straight away.

The popular Block contestants open up about their battle with postnatal depression.

The fiery couple have had some ups and downs on their journey but have always remained in love.

'I didn't know what to do.'

In her own words, Nine Network newsreader and Gidget Foundation Australia ambassador Davina Smith gives a raw and candid account of her frightening struggle with postnatal depression.

I wish I could change as the guilt is eating away at me...

While talking to her famous mum, Blythe Danner, the mother-of-two opened up about her "dark" experience with post-natal depression.

A single mum shares her heartache after she elected to have a baby on her own using a sperm donor and IVF.

This mother talks the taboo subject of loving one of her children and disliking the other.

Looking for advice, a desperate mother took to an online forum to announce her resentment for her youngest child.

The Studio 10 co-host and mum-of-two speaks openly about experiencing post-natal depression twice, and how anti-depressants changed her life.

“There are days I’m debilitated to the point where I can barely move.”

The mother-of-one admits her daughter is her “sassy” self reincarnated.

The 43-year-old mum of two, who plays Cersei Lannister, says she struggled with postnatal depression while they were filming the hit series.

The jewellery expert thought her baby was communicating with her telepathically.

"I finally had what I’d dreamt of my whole life – and yet I felt wretched.”

“I couldn’t figure out why I was so unhappy.”

“I’m going to have another baby!’

In candid new interview, Adele opens up about her crippling experience with postnatal depression.

The 32-year-old wife of Australian tennis pro Mark Philippoussis is kissing away the blues this September.

Determined El is devoted to her son Darcy.

One woman's story of being admitted to hospital with postnatal depression.

Actress says people who tell women with postpartum depression to 'suck it up' need their ‘head examined.’

Three months after admitting herself for treatment for Postpartum Depression), Hayden Panettiere has vowed to be a stronger mum for her 13-month-old daughter Kaya Evdokia.

Postnatal depression strikes one in seven women but why is it still a dark secret?

“I really got under the cloud”

It’s a story so many mums identify with, and now Drew Barrymore has spoken out about her encounter with postpartum depression.

Hayden Panettiere is taking some time for herself after checking into a treatment facility for postpartum depression following the birth of her first child, Kaya Evodokia.

Motherhood is what you make of it. It requires nothing short of 100% mental focus and it is your grandest “project” that you will ever undertake.

Each year in Australia, about 40,000 women experience postnatal depression by the time their baby is three months old, yet more than 50 per cent of mothers with postnatal depression don’t seek help because they worry that they will be seen as a failure, don’t know the signs of depression or are concerned about passing […]

New mums have been warned about the dangers of post-natal depression for years, but new research suggests they are just as susceptible to another mental illness: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. A Northwestern University study found that 11 per cent of new mothers develop OCD, as many as those affected by post-natal depression. Researchers from the Chicago […]

Several months after the birth of her baby, my friend was admitted to a facility for mothers with post-natal depression. She stayed for a few weeks, her nearly one-year-old taken from her to help manage her feelings of utter helplessness and exhaustion. Her treatment made things worse for a while: she was forced to wean […]

One in seven Australian mothers experience postnatal depression, and thousands more suffer in silence. For Jackie Hall, that suffering culminated in a terrifying incident which saw a kitchen knife narrowly miss her two-year-old son’s head. Jackie started feeling depressed after the birth of her first son, and the feelings only intensified when her second was […]