Ep. 13 Psychosis & Suicidality at 5 Weeks Postpartum: Part 1 of Steph’s Testimony
Description
In today’s episode Steph shares her postpartum story after the birth of her second born. You’ll hear Laura and Steph discuss the common difficulties of the early postpartum phase including the differences between postpartum depression and the baby blues. In this first part of their conversation Steph goes into detail about how she went into crisis, the aftermath and the immediate support that followed. Stay tuned for next week’s episode to hear the second part of our conversation, where Steph shares more on God’s unmerited favour over her life!
Includes: sleeplessness, suicide, postpartum psychosis, wraparound support
Timeline:
2:00 - Why Steph decided to share
4:45 - The challenging first few weeks of postpartum
12:50 - Defining: postpartum, postpartum depression and baby blues
15:30 - Hitting the waves of denial
19:30 - When the future became black
23:10 - No longer alone
30:30 - Experiencing postpartum psychosis
34:45 - The difference having wraparound support made
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