At my 10-week booking appointment, the midwife told me that my history of anorexia meant I was more likely to get postnatal depression. She could see that I’d last been under psychiatric care less than a decade ago, two years after my last hospitalisation. She apologised that she had to note it down on my maternity records. She and I were both tangibly relieved the serious health issue being discussed had nothing to do with my baby. No one ever mentioned it to me again.
Related: Anorexia is the deadliest mental illness. Why is the NHS still not taking it seriously? | Tom Quinn
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