**In this episode we discuss suicide and depression - if these are tricky subjects for you then please do look after yourself and maybe skip today's episode or listen when you feel ready.**

This episode with Laura is very emotional and insightful one, with moments of humour - we hope you enjoy it. We spoke with Laura about:

• Her situation now as a single mum with 2 children, sharing their care with her ex-husband.
• What happened when Laura became pregnant with Arthur, the birth (by c-section) and coming home.
• The moment she decided she didn’t want to leave the house and a few days later when she decided the solution would be to end her life.
• How her feelings were towards Arthur and when she told her friend how she felt.
• The series of thoughts that went through her head and how she would live hour by hour.
• How she felt like a fraud when the doctor told her she needed help (and ongoing!).
• The round the clock care she received before being supported by the peri-natal mental health team, suicidal thoughts and then how she agreed to be admitted to a mother and baby unit.
• Laura’s experience of being in the unit (she was there for 3 months).
• The different types of postnatal depression and how dads can have post-natal depression too.
• Why Laura wrote the book and what post-natal depression looks like.
• The ongoing support Laura received.
• Getting pregnant the second time, what that meant and how it felt when she had Willow.
• Routine and how it can help.
• How important a support system is.

You can buy Laura’s book on Amazon here (and in all good bookshops) -

Places to get support - Association for Post-Natal Illness / PANDAS FOUNDATION UK

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