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Guest Blog: The Stigma of Maternal Mental Health Keeps Women in The Dark Ages
Maternal Mental Health Catherine O'Brien Maternal Mental Health Catherine O'Brien

Guest Blog: The Stigma of Maternal Mental Health Keeps Women in The Dark Ages

The recent coverage of celebrity mothers, like Chrissy Teigen, discussing how they came to discover that the unsettling feelings they experienced after giving birth was called postpartum depression sheds light on an interesting dialogue we need to have with women: becoming a mother is not always going to be a beautifully exciting time in a mother’s life; and that’s okay. The idea that a mother should love her new baby - or even the more seemingly inclusive sentiment that every woman has the baby blues - perpetuates the myth that women are supposed to be emotionally ready to be a mother by the time the baby comes into the world.

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