A much-anticipated new baby arrives into the world, full of fresh promise and wonder, carrying its parents’ hopes, dreams and expectations on its tiny little shoulders.
While it’s meant to be the most joyous of all life experiences, for some parents, their newborn baby brings with it an incapacitating psychological illness: postnatal depression (PND).
It affects more than 15 per cent of new mothers and 10 per cent of new fathers.
But the real figures may be much higher, says Belinda Horton, CEO of the Post and Antenatal Depression Association (Panda).
By Lollie Barr © Herald and Weekly Times
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