their kid is 4 years old than in the immediate postnatal period– so we should not stop keeping an eye out for each other once the first year has passed.Maternal Mental Health Week is, without a doubt, an important project, raising awareness and understanding of the anguish of postnatal depression.But let’s not simply focus on PND: let’s speak up about all maternal psychological health conditions, so that no mum or mum-to-be is left feeling embarrassed, misinterpreted, and silenced.With thanks to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance’s Everybody’s Business project, which is requiring improved perinatal mental health services.MORE:’My health problem has clouded your whole youth’: A letter to my kids from their psychologically ill mom