How The Healthcare System Is Letting Down Moms With PPD

How The Healthcare System Is Letting Down Moms With PPD

After years of navigating IVF and months of antenatal anxiety, a close friend of mine gave birth recently. A few days after she came home from the hospital, I texted her, “How are you doing?”She answered the way many new mothers do, “The baby is doing great.”I wrote back, “I mean, how are you doing?” It’s a question we ask new mothers all the time, but not always one we leave much room for them to answer openly, especially if they’re struggling …