Its not just mums that get perinatal depression and anxiety

All In The Mind

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Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

1 in 10 dads experience perinatal depression and anxiety, and more seem to be willing to reach out for help.

Chris Jephcott wishes he'd been one of them.

If this episode raises any issues for you, you can reach out to:

Lifeline13 11 14

Beyond Blue1300 22 4636

PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia)1300 726 306

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0:00.0	ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music and more.
0:07.7	Just a heads up, this episode touches on the topic of suicide.
0:12.1	If it brings up issues for you, you can ring Lifeline on 13, 11, 14.
0:17.8	Take care while listening.
0:21.9	Chris Jeffcott has one defining memory of the birth of his son, and it's not a happy memory.
0:28.0	It doesn't bring back good feelings.
0:29.9	Just sadness, really.
0:32.1	Here's what happened. Everything started off well enough.
0:35.3	My concern was about Suze and Oscar.
0:38.1	Susie was induced and everything went pretty smoothly.
0:43.1	Susie is his partner and during the birth, Chris was down at the business end.
0:48.0	They said when I came in, you're not going to faint on me, are you?
0:50.9	And I said, I'm the registered nurse and no, and I'm very interested in this.
0:54.9	So I was always proactive in the gear and wanting to be involved.
0:59.5	Once Oscar was born, Chris cut the umbilical cord, and he couldn't wait to hold his new baby.
1:05.1	But first, there was skin-to-skin contact with mum.
1:07.7	And trying to get him to feed. Oscar was also weighed and checked.
1:12.6	He had quite a misshapen head because he was in the birth canal for so long.
1:16.6	So there were clinical elements.
1:18.6	Through all of this, Chris held back.
1:20.6	He didn't want to get in the way.
1:22.6	But then an hour passed.
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