Laura Guckian on checking herself into a psychiatric hospital when her baby was ten months old

In this episode of Ready Birth Go, Carly Sandland talks to Laura Guckian about the decision to check herself into a psychiatric hospital when her first baby was ten months old - and everything that led her there.

We talk about:

• The rush of love everyone promises, and what happens when it doesn't come
• The "good mother" myth, and where the guilt begins
• Caring for a baby with severe silent reflux
• Asking for help for ten months and not getting it
• Why it turned out to be the right decision
• Turning all of it into the work she does now

Content note: this episode includes discussion of maternal mental health, postnatal illness and suicidal thoughts.

Laura: instagram.com/mindmommycoaching · her podcast, Momfessions

Carly: instagram.com/thedoulaclub
Ready Birth Go, Carly's birth preparation course: readybirthgo.com

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