A certain amount of anxiety is to be expected for any first-time mother. But shortly after Lea Teahan’s daughter Ivy was born, those natural worries spiralled into something darker and all-consuming, and she was diagnosed with severe post-partum anxiety. ‘I couldn’t bring myself to leave Ivy with anyone else, even for a couple of hours,’ says Lea, 30, a conveyancer from South Wales. ‘Once, when my partner Rob tried to take me out for lunch, I ended up having a panic attack. I was convinced some awful accident would befall her, or Rob and I would be killed, leaving her an orphan. It was consuming me. My palms would sweat and I’d have a racing heartbeat.’ After Lea Teahan’s daughter Ivy was born (pictured together), she was diagnosed with severe post-partum depression The trigger for Lea’s anxiety? She believes it was the five days she endured in a painful labour induced at 39 weeks, before Ivy was finally delivered by caesarean last summer. ‘I was in for five nights, unable to sleep properly and only able to see Rob for a few hours a day,’ she recalls. ‘I watched other women come onto the labour ward and go after just… Read full this story
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