Healthy mind, body and baby
Pregnancy and the period after your baby is born (known as the perinatal period) are often talked about as the happiest time in a parent’s life. ` This can cause pressure, leading to feeling that you should or ought to be ‘happy’. But sometimes it doesn’t always feel that way.
In the perinatal period you are more likely to need support for your mental health. There are lots of changes that come with pregnancy and parenthood – physical, hormonal along with alteration to relationships and social groups – all of which can affect you at different times.
Emotional wellbeing, or mental health, is just as important as physical health. Up to one in five women and one in ten men are affected by mental health problems during the perinatal period, and recent research shows this number might in fact be even higher.
Pregnancy and the period after your baby is born (known as the perinatal period) are often talked about as the happiest time in a parent’s life. ` This can cause pressure, leading to feeling that you should or ought to be ‘happy’. But sometimes it doesn’t always feel that way.
In the perinatal period you are more likely to need support for your mental health. There are lots of changes that come with pregnancy and parenthood – physical, hormonal along with alteration to relationships and social groups – all of which can affect you at different times.
Emotional wellbeing, or mental health, is just as important as physical health. Up to one in five women and one in ten men are affected by mental health problems during the perinatal period, and recent research shows this number might in fact be even higher.
This film, produced by Perinatal Positivity, uses the real voices and experiences of women and men who have had mental wellbeing difficulties around the time of pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.
- Asking about your mental health
- Bonding with your baby
- Medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Midwife
- Mental Health Support Services
- Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services
- Help in an Emergency
- Additional Support and Information
- Resources for Partners and Carers
