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This is the first blog of our Maternal Mental Health series. six weeks, dear reader, you will read about the often misrepresented, largely misunderstood world of maternal We hope that this series brings you a greater insight into maternal mental illness and demystifies its It is our society’s inability to value motherhood and maternal health — the people that give birth to To learn more about maternal mental illness check out the Maternal Mental Illness Series at InSPIre

The placenta contains two distinct areas (i.e., vascular compartments) where blood flows: maternal and There are two main types of PM, categorised by where the interruption of blood flow occurs: Maternal Vascular Malperfusion (MVM) : Maternal blood doesn’t flow properly to the placenta. lifestyle risks (smoking, diabetes, obesity) and maternal mental health implicated . , the placenta is not getting as much maternal blood as it needs.

I had planned to take a long maternity leave and perhaps write freelance from time to time to top the been home for the past five months (as he works in a high-risk job), and we couldn’t survive on my maternity I looked at other new mums I knew and longed to be on maternity leave like they were, constantly comparing

Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 2019 has just started, and we are going to celebrate it today with the launch of the Maternal Journal website. It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, dedicated to raising awareness about mental health problems And this is why she attended the Maternal Journal project, and met Laura. Most importantly, Maternal Journal is described as an ‘inclusive project’.

This is the third week of our Maternal Mental Health series, and it is dedicated to Postpartum Psychosis The postpartum period is a time of increased risk for maternal suicide and, according to the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal and Child Health, suicide represents the leading cause of maternal death within

particularly among linguistically diverse populations, is therefore essential to promoting equitable maternal Our group was led by Elly Charity (a Women’s Health Charity which aims to improve the quality of maternal health. ” Source: Elly -  Photo of women attending week 5 of the programme and interacting with learning materials been adapted for use in other language groups with additional programme components integrated into the material illustrates the transformative potential of culturally sensitive, community-led education in improving maternal

In particular, my research focuses on the role of fathers (their influence on maternal health and child Paternal Postnatal Depression: It’s real! Maternal postnatal depression is diagnosed using DSM-5 (covering depressive episodes occurring during anger attacks and an increase in alcohol use and video gaming, not often recognised in the diagnosis of maternal Maternal depression has consistently been found to be the most important risk factor for depression in

I’m a neuroscientist who studies the neuroscience of motherhood and maternal mental health (check out the Maternal Mental Health series I previously co-edited for Inspire the Mind ).  impacted by the amount of stressors she experiences, including sleep deprivation, life stressors and maternal

Study design created by Louise Honeybul    Research participants were recruited from maternity services In one site, women who had engaged with substance use treatment or maternity care were given access to contact Polly Radcliffe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful to the women who took part in the study and the maternity

pregnant women are facing death or permanent injuries, clinicians are fleeing total ban states leading to “maternity Child and maternal mortality rates are expected to rise as a result of these policy changes, with marginalised This caused a $32 billion loss of funding for global health aid and resulted in an estimated 108,000 maternal

In South Africa, important progress has been made with regards to maternity care policies, national guidelines For example, maternal depression is the leading risk factor for impaired growth and development of children Note from the Author: This article has been developed as part of the Global Economics in Maternal Mental Research Council (Donela Besada), as well as leaders (Alain Gregoire) from the Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health have come together to produce economic evidence that can inform investment in maternal

Postnatal depression It has been found that PND has implications not only for maternal health and wellbeing Only one study has investigated the biological effects of maternal singing groups, which found a decrease