An expectant Nottinghamshire mum has credited a charity's support programme with preventing her mental health "spiralling out" whilst pregnant. Sammy Hand reached out to an NSPCC programme when she began suffering from anxiety and depression.
The 36-year-old from Rainworth said her mental health had begun to suffer whilst working from home, with her pregnancy causing her hormones to go "all over the place". "I spend a lot of time on my own so I developed anxiety and I suffered a bit with general depression due to spending so much time on my own," she said.
Ms Hand, who works as a planned care manager for the NHS, continued: "It was a huge change from me because I went to the hospital every day for the last ten years. Then I got pregnant and my hormones were all over the place.
