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'Months after giving birth I was diagnosed with Postpartum Psychosis - I was lucky to survive'
EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Hanna, 40, longed to become a mum, but five months after her son’s birth Postpartum Psychosis sent her life into a downward spiral. Here she tells OK! her story...
Sophie with her husband Jamie and their son Koa (Image: Supplied)That day I was transferred to a psychiatric ward, where I spent hours waiting in a wheelchair to be assessed. I didn’t want to go back into hospital without Koa, but then a friend told Jamie about the UK’s mental health wards that are specially designed for mums to be with their babies while they have treatment. It shocks me that antenatal classes don’t talk about PPP - we know about the baby blues, but they need to discuss the more worrying signs, like manic behaviour and a distorted sense of reality.
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