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I'm Shimita Basu.

Today, how we don't take postpart of mental health

seriously enough and what that means for new parents.

Lindsay Clancy had a life that many people wish they had. She lived with her family in a suburb outside of Boston, had a good job as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, a husband and three

children, who she often posted about on social media.

A picture of the kids with their backpacks on the first day of school,

in matching plaid outfits on Christmas, out for a run with one child in a stroller.

She really had this picture perfect existence.

That's New Yorker editor Jessica Winter, who recently wrote about this story.

It's just endless photos of a perfect looking beautiful family.

They're at the park, they're in the swimming pool, they're building snowmen, just smiles and smiles and smiles.

But behind all those social media posts, Lindsay was struggling with mental health issues after

giving birth to her youngest child last summer.

She was seeking help.

She was on online forums talking about anxiety, depression, insomnia, lack of appetite.

We also know that she went to at least two different psychiatric clinics

seeking help for these symptoms.

Over the course of about four months,

Lindsay was prescribed at least 12 different medications.

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