‘Someone told me I was a control freak around my baby’
Nothing prepared me for the unrelenting demands of motherhood: the realities of a 24/7 responsibility that left no time for myself, that lonely time after the front door closed behind my husband each morning while I felt like I just had to cope. I had wildly unrealistic expectations of myself as a perfect mother and […]
‘I was just going through the motions and felt really distant from my baby’

To help spread awareness of perinatal depression and anxiety we publish stories bravely written by those who have experienced PNDA. This is Alison’s story … My story begins with the birth of my eldest son Liam, who has just turned five. After he was born, I suffered with postnatal depression and anxiety which hit me […]
Anusaya’s antenatal anxiety and depression story

This is not an individual woman’s story, it represents the thousands of stories PANDA’s counsellors hear every year