May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month and our blog series will feature how we can create awareness and help mothers in need.
This month is all about raising public and professional awareness of perinatal mental health problems and advocating for women and families impacted.
So, what exactly is Maternal Mental Health?
According to the WHO, maternal mental health reflects the overall wellness of a mother, where she can actively engage in the chores of life while dealing with everyday stress normally while contributing to society.
Mental Health Month raises awareness of trauma and the impact it can have on the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of children, families, and communities.
Disturbed mental health not only affects the mother but also the baby. Raising awareness, providing support, and encouraging open dialogue about maternal mental health are essential steps to ensuring the well-being of both mothers and their children.
In this month's series, we shall take you through some of the social issues and environmental as well as sustainable solutions that help empower women and local communities.
Let us look at how some of the feedback we received from our social media family as they explain what Maternal Mental Health Month is all about:
@Uwerauganda -
"It refers to the mental health of a woman during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year after delivery."
@_real_rizwana -
"Emotional turmoil regarding themselves and children."
Hajj Munga - Environmentalist -
"Mental Health is all about our Psychology well-being where it consists of environmental mastery, positive relationships with others, self-acceptance, a feeling of purpose and meaning of life, personal growth and development and autonomy. This simply means it's co-dependence dimensions are environmental, social, physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual and financial. Because if any one of these dimensions is neglected over time, it will adversely affect one's health, well-being, and quality of life."
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