Andrea’s PP episode out of the blue

Over two weeks, I had delusions and scribbled notes frantically. My mind was spiraling yet I had moments of clarity. My thoughts raced so fast, I developed a stutter. I felt like a baby re-learning how to eat, walk and talk. It was exhausting. I couldn't read or watch TV and was terrified by people moving or speaking too fast. I couldn't process thoughts quickly enough to understand. I was learning how to care for my baby at the same time as trying to survive myself. I was scared I’d be separated from my baby. I wanted information but nothing was explained to me. They thought I was crazy. I was so very scared.
Severe depression developed. I was numb and rarely left the house. It took a year to bond with my baby. I was suicidal for three months. After two years I made a full recovery but chose not to have more children.
Natasha’s story after her 1st child & medication with her 2nd pregnancy

I recovered but was left with 15 months of numbing depression. Once well we wanted to give my son a sibling, a difficult complex decision. The subsequent pregnancy was an anxious one full of “What if?”s. It was with tears I made the decision to take prophylactic anti-psychotics from week 33. Yet it proved the right one. After my second son was born, I was the mother I always dreamt I would be.
Sarah’s Story

Although I slept well, I stayed up after the 5am feed, preferring to reorder the airing cupboard or under the sink. I fizzed with energy. Hand-painting announcement cards and recording a flood of creative ideas. My list-making became obsessive. Every feed and bodily function was noted.
Uncharacteristically, I started to spend and donated large amounts to charity.
Everything scintillated and colours became super-bright. A picture of Clint Eastwood
suffused into life. I started hearing voices from the dead, and music. Pleasant auditory and visual hallucinations followed.
I sniggered to myself to keep my psychic abilities quiet or else be thought mad.
Sixteen days after the birth I had an epiphany. I was in heaven on earth. I had solved the
meaning of life. I screamed at my discovery.