Mental health advocates share postpartum resources available to new parents [Video]

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – An incident involving a mother being charged in connection with her child’s death after she faced several health issues is sparking a conversation.

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Mental health advocates are working to break down the barriers when it comes to parents’ new health.

Wendy Davis, a mother of two, said she can relate to the challenges of being a new parent. Davis was diagnosed with postpartum depression.

Davis said she suffered from anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, and depression.

“I thought I wouldn’t make it. I thought I might die. I thought there was no hope for me. I thought that I was failing. I thought there was some club of motherhood that I wasn’t in, and I shouldn’t be,” Davis said.

Davis is using her experience to help other new parents spot the often silent signs of postpartum depression through her work as the Executive Director of Postpartum Support …