Thread by @KaylaQFrawley

This mornings rant will be correcting how leaders should address the mom from MA w/ #postpartum #psychosis who killed her kids

#1: "district attorney said the incident was an unimaginable, senseless tragedy."

No it's not - we know this social issue.🧵

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

In fact, #postpartum depression not only is the number one killer of birthing parents - it is killing us in the long term too - 20% of deaths in the postpartum period are due to #Suicides

U.S. policies that hate families and women perpetuate this obvi.

newsroom.uvahealth.com/2022/10/04/sci…

#2: "Authorities have not said whether they're looking {postpartum psychosis} as a factor in her alleged crimes, but "It does seem like a pretty classic case of postpartum depression with potential psychosis,"

This is the problem: they ignore us.

nbcboston.com/news/local/as-…

#3: from the @newyorkpost nypost.com/2023/01/26/mas…

“It’s very sad. It’s sort of like, ‘How can this happen around here?’” Tom McGrath told the Globe,

Correction: "Our country doesn't support families or birthing parents nor do we have adequate care to address these emergencies"

In 2020 another mom killed her 3 children who was suffering from #postpartumdepression right before she called her mom "Mommy, please call me. Please — Please — Please. I'm tired. I'm exhausted."

words 'tired', 'I don't know', 'not great' for American moms means something else.

It shouldn't surprise us that we only get 1 #postpartum screening at our 6 weeks postpartum appointment {since postpartum care in the US stops at 6 wks postpartum} - that isn't even an adequate screening for majority women of color. #Edinburgh is unfortunately biased. #Maternal

Something I will not correct, that is the headline that should be sweeping the nation right now:

"Husband of woman accused of killing three children asks for forgiveness for wife" #postpartumpsychosis

He's doing what we collectively haven't: see her.

nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou…

Most leaders won't have the bravery of her husband, {elected, DAs & others};

"I want to ask all of U that U find it deep w/in yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have... she was generously loving and caring towards everyone. The very fibers of her soul are loving"
#postpartum

He continues, "We mutually understood the reality that people can have bad days, but we stuck to the rule that when one of us got lost, the other was always there to bring them home, always,"

how do we get that everywhere all the time. #postpartumpsychosis
#weneedbettercare

I know, there is no way to brace this, but we can't act shocked.

We know #postpartumpsychosis kills children and birthing parents at alarming rates.

It doesn't matter that you are a well educated, married, L & D nurse. It doesn't matter what social media says.
#postpartum

There has been a lot of studies done {and oppression endured} to tell us that American women are just set up to fail.

Every story starts w/ 'the baby wouldn't stop crying, or I am tired - but the story is more than just bad or #mentallyillmoms #postpartum

The story is:

🚫no frequent postpartum care outside of #midwifery
🚫 guaranteed paid family leave
🚫child care costs too much = no life balance
🚫not enough time to heal from childbirth
🚫gender pay gap
🚫options for single parents
🚫 good mental health care
#postpartum

There are cases all over the country that involve the killing of children but the reason for undergoing a severely dangerous #mentalbreakdown or #postpartumpsychosis is rarely a part of the story - like this Sept 2022 article about Erin Mercy nytimes.com/2022/09/14/nyr…

1 in 7 women will have #postpartumdepression - which really & "as many ✨as half ✨of PPDgoes undiagnosed because of conflict in privacy and not wanting to disclose"

... stigma may lead to abandonment and lack of support says this article
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK51907…

#postpartumdepression #postpartumpsychosis and even the frequency of the #babyblues in this country is a #mentalhealthepidemic - perpetrated by #policies & decisions that don't like #workingmoms #workingparents or don't support #paidleave & #mentalhealth & #Balance & #support

#4: the article that has the headliner that should absolutely stay:
"Husband of woman accused of killing three children asks for forgiveness for wife"
#postpartumpsychosis #postpartum

nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou…

#5: I wish the @BostonGlobe would of done their home work & offered an article title that was answering why this happens rather than asking;

"How could a mother allegedly kill her children? Experts say mental health can distort thinking."
boston.com/news/the-bosto…

I messed up this 🧵 but @UnrollHelper please