Healthy who mum suffered rare psychotic episode week after giving birth warns other parents of signs
Daily MailA mum has revealed how postpartum psychosis led her to be convinced she was 'the second coming' and she thought she would trigger a Noah's Ark style flood by flushing the toilet, just a week after giving birth to her first baby. Katherine Shaw, 31, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was just like any sleep deprived new mum, and says that the rare mental health condition seemed to descend on her rapidly over a period of just 10 minutes. Katherine Shaw, 31, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on the day she was discharged from a mother and baby unit where she spent four months after suffering from postpartum psychosis The special educational needs teacher had a normal pregnancy and welcomed baby Jude at 7.49am on 24 April 2020, at the height of lockdown. Pictured: Matt and Jude in their West Brom shirts December 2020 While Katherine took medication and tried to sleep, Matt lay by her side, holding her hand the whole night. Pictured: Matt and Jude on holiday Summer 2021 When Katherine's mum and husband noticed her behaviour, they tried to get her to sleep while they rang the hospital.
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