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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

‘I had got to a dark place’: project helps mothers in Wales cope with life after birth

Four women sit in a group talking
New mothers at a Mums Matter group run by Mind Cymru for NHS Wales. Photograph: Mind Cymru

When Bethany Morrall-Lane gave birth to her second son, she was so depressed and exhausted that one day, walking down the stairs carrying him, she thought: “If I tripped and fell, it would end it all now.”

Morrall-Lane was shocked by the thought. But she had other similar reflections, including planning which tree she would crash her car into the next time she was driving without her children.

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