Jade Lloyd On Battling Postpartum Psychosis

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<p>**Trigger Warning** In today&#39;s episode we discuss suicide openly and frankly. Please do come back or listen to another episode if you feel this will be too much for you right now.</p><p>This episode is part of our World Mental Health Day series.</p><br><p>We speak with mental health advocate <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jadealloyd/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jade Lloyd</a> who developed postpartum psychosis, a rare but serious mental illness that can start suddenly after giving birth. </p><p>Jade talks openly about what happened to her, how isolating it felt, and why she&#39;s now speaking out so other mums don&#39;t have to go through it alone. She tells us that, shockingly, suicide is the leading cause of death in new mums in the first year! <em>(Source: <a href="https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/blogs-and-stories/im-pregnant/pregnancy-news-and-blogs/suicide-leading-cause-death-new-mothers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tommy&#39;s</a>)</em></p><p>We also hear from Jade&#39;s mum, Tracey, who shares what it was like to watch her daughter go through it, getting her sectioned and supporting her through recovery.</p><br><p>Jade Recommends:</p><p><a href="https://www.app-network.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Action on Postpartum Psychosis </a></p><p><a href="https://pandasfoundation.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pandas Foundation</a></p><br><p>Find a new episode every Tuesday &amp; Friday and in the meantime check out Made By Mammas on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/madebymammas/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@madebymammas</a>.</p><p>Made By Mammas® is an Audio Always production.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>