Did your HV / Doc speak to you about PNI in the visits following the birth or did it go unmentioned?

[wanagetoverthis]

[juppster PNI ORG UK Volunteer]

My HV was brilliant...in fact, much more understanding and empathetic than my gp and without her help, I wouldn't have recieved the care i so desperately needed x

[wanagetoverthis Administrator TRUSTEE PNI ORG UK Volunteer]

It wasn't brought up at all. I would have thought they would keep an eye me, given that my Mum is Bi-polar and I expressed many times throughout my pregnancy that I didn't have a big support network and needed to talk.

HV only came twice and never brought it up either.

[chech]

My HV also didn't mention it (actually I had three separate HVs on three separate occasions so it wasn't exactly a close bond that formed!). And my GP is a bit of a lottery as there are 8 GPs and only one I really connect with, so for ages none of the doctors picked it up. It was only when I finally got an appointment with 'my' GP (6 months post partum) that she picked it up immediately. Amazing what a difference it makes when people take the time to listen.