Meet Suzanne.
She wanted to share her experience of time within a Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) to help raise awareness of maternal mental health in the hope it will start to normalise anxiety / depression and give women the confidence to get help when they need it most.
“My name is Suzanne and I’m 39 years old. I live in Surrey with my husband and 2 gorgeous boys who are 2.5 and 9 years old.
After the birth of my youngest, I suffered from severe postnatal anxiety and this was worse than any anxiety I had ever experienced. I was admitted to a MBU and when I came out I came across a few other mums who had been in a MBU too.
One of these ladies recommended checking out Mothers for Mothers as a really good resource of support, information and for validating mums feelings.”
You can watch Suzanne’s video here.
Thank you Suzanne for being so generous with sharing your experience so openly.