window.dotcom = window.dotcom || { cmd: [] }; window.dotcom.ads = window.dotcom.ads || { resolves: {enabled: [], getAdTag: []}, enabled: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.push(r)), getAdTag: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.push(r)) }; setTimeout(() => { if(window.dotcom.ads.resolves){ window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.forEach(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.forEach(r => r("")); window.dotcom.ads.enabled = () => new Promise(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.getAdTag = () => new Promise(r => r("")); console.error("NGAS load timeout"); } }, 5000)
Skip to content

'It was heartbreaking' - Postpartum psychosis as a new mum

A County Antrim woman who suffered perinatal mental health issues says she thought she was part of an "experiment" after being itted to a psychiatric unit.

Justine Lewis, 34 , suffered postpartum psychosis following the birth of her daughter Willow in 2019.

Northern Ireland is the only region in the UK which does not have a specialist mother and baby unit to help women diagnosed with the condition.

Ms Lewis told BBC News NI it was a “big shock” for her and her family because there was no history of mental illness.

Read more of Justine's story here.