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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