Victoria Jennings had been awake for three days straight when things took a turn for the worse. "Why do I feel this way?" she thought to herself as she gently lowered her daughter into a hospital crib.
The new mum gazed at the baby for a moment before recoiling in horror. In her exhausted state, she saw her daughter’s face change – describing the sight as “something evil”. Though Victoria was delirious, it triggered the start of her long struggle with postnatal depression.
“I knew something wasn’t right straight after having her,” she said. “I looked down at her and her face changed. It was pure exhaustion.
