Maternity expert Midwife Marley shares her advice on managing the symptoms of pre and postnatal depression and anxiety.

Affecting 1 in 7 mothers, postpartum depression can have a significant negative effect on both your physical and mental health.

Many of us suffer from mood imbalances . Interestingly recent research has shown how various nutrient deficiencies have also been linked to our mood.

Finding the motivation to work out can be a challenge at the best of times, add in a pregnancy and couple of kids, and it can feel like you’re asking us to solve Brexit.

With figures suggesting that perinatal anxiety is an even bigger problem than postnatal depression, we sat down with TV presenter, counsellor and best-selling author of ‘Breaking Mad’, Anna Williamson, to get her top tips on managing anxiety and wellbeing in pregnancy and beyond. 

It was around the 3 month mark following the birth of my second child, that it became apparent my anxieties had gone way beyond the levels of normal.