‘pnd can be damaging but it is possible to save your relationship’

RELATIONSHIP expert Lucy BERESFORD SAYS, “Postnatal depression can make a mother emotionally unsettled and feel an overwhelming sense of anger, guilt and fear. This is undoubtedly going to impact a relationship. Mums can become overly protective of their babies or under-protective, as well as smothering their partners, becoming distant, or losing interest in self-care, all of which can create problems in the parental relationship.

“The changes to the mother’s personality can be traumatising for a partner, too, who can end up confused, frustrated and isolated. They are seeing the mother of their child in distress, but they can’t understand why or how to help. They may often