Me, my baby and psychosis: Jess and Matt's story

Season 5 Episode 6 Jess and Matt had an excellent birth but then things started to go a bit weird, Jess just wasn't herself. Matt had been warned that women can be very affected by hormones after the birth, but this was extreme. It turned out that Jess was suffering from postpartum psychosis a mental illness that comes on just after having a baby. When baby Albert was taken in to hospital with jaundice it became clear that he wasn't the only one that was ill and Jess needed very specialist care which wasn't readily available... You can support us with likes, shares and reviews. Help and support: Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) and APP forum Association for Post Natal Illness Mind: what is postpartum psychosis? PANDAS Foundation UK Royal College of Psychiatrists: postpartum psychosis Music credits: Main theme: Title: Nancy Author: Grimo ( ) Source: License: CC By 4.0 ( Incidental music Title: Light Thought Author: Kevin MacLeod Source: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Title: Evening Fall Author: Kevin MacLeod Source: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Title: Marrakesch Author: Phillip Gross Source: License: CC By 4.0 ( Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Me, my baby and psychosis: Jess and Matt's story is an episode from The Backstory by the backstory podcast.

This episode is 30:20 long.

This episode was published on Nov 13, 2018.

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