Adolescensce In A Time Of Maternal Mental Health Consciousness

The theme for 2019 was #MakingOverMotherhood by addressing the things that mothers often hid. Coinciding with “Labour Day” on May the 1, was “World Maternal Mental Health Day”.  I have heard that childbirth, in addition to being beautiful and precious, is quite traumatic, disturbing and unimaginably unforgettable. Many have said the pains of labour are enough to drive one to do things they themselves have never considered.

But beyond just giving birth, mothers are constantly exhausted and overwhelmed by the new babies, and often feel they cannot recognise themselves. I imagine this will be many folds more difficult for an adolescent mother, who often may not even have been intending to have a child.