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SIM Ep 340 Chops 148: Is it normal? Mental health in pregnancy with Mumsnet

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Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We hear quite a lot about the joy and wonder of pregnancy, rather less about the stress of wondering if something's wrong or you just need to fart. In part three of our series on pregnancy, Jen talks to Anna Cook, team member at Mumsnet, about mental health in pregnancy, the anxiety around growing a human, and what you can do to help yourself and others experiencing it.   

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.0

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0:35.0

Hello Jen here to tell you about this week's episode of The Sunday Chops and it is again another double bill for you because we love your ears. You are

0:46.4

welcome ears of listeners. In the other episode of Sunday chops we have handed the

0:52.4

reins over to journalist Hazel Davis, who had the

0:55.9

best time when we sent her to the British Library to chat to author and all-round hilarious

1:00.8

woman, Nina Stibby. They had a delightfully wild chat about

1:04.8

everything from Nina's first book, Love Nina, to Wayward Mothers,

1:08.8

prudish teens, being first published at 50, and when it's okay to risk pissing off your entire family.

1:15.1

It's quite an extraordinary interview to be honest so I suggest you have a listen to that as well.

1:20.0

Back to this podcast and this is the third in our series on pregnancy running throughout February.

1:26.8

So we hear quite a lot about the joy and wonder of pregnancy and rather less about the constant stress of wondering if something's wrong or if you just need to fart.

1:36.5

And I say this is someone who recently saw advice from more than one medical professional

1:40.9

about agonizing pain and was told by all of them you just need to do a poo.

1:45.3

I didn't need to do a poo.

1:46.4

I needed my pelvis to stop moving but that's a different story altogether.

1:50.1

Anyway in this episode I talked to Anna Cook who's a team member at Mumsnet

1:54.4

about mental health and pregnancy the anxiety around growing a human and what you can do to help

1:59.7

yourself and others experiencing it and it is frankly a fucking minefield.

2:05.0

Sorry to swear so early on in this podcast but the emphasis is needed.

2:10.0

Over to Anna and I hope you enjoy this chat or at the very least find it useful.

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