You thought my wife might have postnatal depression and now she's getting help

DEAR DEIDRE: WHEN I wrote to you earlier this year, I thought I was losing my family.

My wife had told me she wasn’t happy and she was taking our six-month-old son to stay with her parents.

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She was crying every day, and nothing I did or said made things better. She just wanted time apart.

I’m 34, and the day I contacted you, I was at breaking point – feeling so lonely and confused.

All I wanted was to be with my wife, who is 35, and son.

You suggested that my wife might have postnatal depression and that she could get help.

You told me to ask her to see her GP, and recommended The Association For Postnatal Illness (apni.org, 020 7386 0868).

You reassured me that we could work through this.

Things are now so much better.

My wife and son are home, we’re communicating better and spending more quality time together.

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I now take our son out alone a few times a week so she can have some “me” time.

Thank you!

DEIDRE SAYS: Postnatal depression is common but often goes undiagnosed.

I’m so glad your wife is recovering and you are working things out.