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Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid England

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DAY 1: What is maternal mental health?

Maternal mental health refers to a woman’s mental health during pregnancy and early postnatal years. This includes mental illness existing before pregnancy, as well as illnesses that develop for the first time, or worsen in the perinatal period.

Examples of perinatal mental illness include antenatal (during pregnancy) and postnatal (after pregnancy) depression, anxiety, perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), postpartum psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Untreated maternal mental illnesses can have a devastating affect on women and their families. They are also one of the leading causes of death for women during pregnancy and the year after birth.

Getting the right support at the right time is crucial.

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We hope our playgroup mothers and mothers everywhere had a wonderful day! 💓

PARENTING HACK
When you're exhausted and your little ones want to play, you choose the game "What's On My Butt". A game where the parent sprawls face down on the couch and has to guess what the kids place on your butt! 🤣🤣 A toy dinosaur? An orange? Who cares...you're lying down! Best. Idea. Ever.
Thank you 💕💕