My Story

1 in 4 women & 1 in 10 men will be diagnosed with a perinatal mental illness. PANDAS Foundation provide support for families suffering prenatal/antenatal and postnatal mental health issues. Their aim is to make sure no parent, family or carer feels alone.

Pandas is a charity I wish I had found and reached out to early on in my motherhood journey.  Children are an amazing gift, and I am so grateful for my two, but it's so important to be able to admit that you're struggling & ask for help. It's really only since having my second child that I've realised how unwell I was after my first. 

You will most probably have heard of postnatal depression (PND) but there are also other conditions associated with maternal mental health. Perinatal mental health (PMH) concerns a woman’s emotional and psychological wellbeing during pregnancy and up to around 3 years after giving birth. PMH conditions include pre and postnatal depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and birth trauma.

PANDAS Foundation is entirely funded by donations so every penny raised is really really valuable. Not only that, the more awareness I can bring to these illnesses & this charity, the less families will have to suffer alone. 🩵