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A Mother’s Healing Journey Through Postpartum Psychosis with Jade Lloyd
Today’s guest shares the events leading up to her postpartum psychosis, what she experienced, and how she managed to recover. It is important to hear stories like this so people understand postpartum psychosis and know how to get help. We all need to recognize the symptoms and get the people we love the help they need. Join us for Jade’s powerful story.
A Mother’s Healing Journey Through Postpartum Psychosis with Jade Lloyd
Jade’s story: An easy pregnancy and plans for an at-home water birth turned into an induction, epidural, followed by a ventouse/forceps delivery.
Immediate feelings of shame and failure for not having the delivery she wanted
With a December 2020 birth, COVID lockdowns contributed to Jade’s mental health struggles.
The first symptom Jade noticed was anxiety.
Social media was Jade’s primary socialization, which led her to feel even more inadequate as a new mom.
Getting up the courage to admit to the doctor that she was “not ok.”
When asking for help makes you feel like an inconvenience
A specific event one night that scared Jade because of intrusive thoughts of harming herself
Dealing with the self-imposed pressure to be the perfect mom
Help from medications and a doctor who checked in with Jade regularly
Even with medication, Jade’s struggles continued with intrusive thoughts.
Jade’s feelings of losing touch with reality and experiencing hallucinations
Treatment in the mother-baby unit
Jade’s passion for sharing her story and doing advocacy work for those with PPP
Hope for the future
Jade’s message to listeners and those who are suffering: “It’s okay to ask for help.”
About Jade Lloyd
Jade Lloyd is a survivor of postpartum psychosis and a maternal mental health advocate from the UK. Her maternal mental health struggles began with anxiety and sleeplessness, soon progressing to scary, intrusive thoughts and hallucinations. Jade shares her story in the hope that more knowledge and understanding about postpartum depression, anxiety, and psychosis will lead to more moms getting the help they need without shame, blame, and stigma.
Resources:
Connect with Jade Lloyd: Instagram
Call the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA or visit cdph.ca.gov
Please find resources in English and Spanish at Postpartum Support International, or by phone/text at 1-800-944-4773. There are many free resources, like online support groups, peer mentors, a specialist provider directory, and perinatal mental health training for therapists, physicians, nurses, doulas, and anyone who wants to be more supportive in offering services.
You can also follow PSI on social media: Instagram, Facebook, and most other platforms
Visit www.postpartum.net/professionals/certificate-trainings/ for information on the grief course.
Visit my website, www.wellmindperinatal.com, for more information, resources, and courses you can take today!
If you are a California resident looking for a therapist in perinatal mental health, email me about openings for private pay clients!
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