Although a record 57,000 new and expectant mothers accessed NHS mental health services in 2023 – up a third on the previous year – there remains a postcode lottery in access to NHS treatment.

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For the study, researchers tracked the health of more than 300 children born in Jyväskylä, Finland in 1959, performing regular updates on their mental and physical health through age 61.

Still, “Having a mental health condition shouldn’t be a reason why women decide, no, I don’t want to become a mother or I don’t want to start a family,” Spennati reiterates. “No.

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