There are just 17 Mother and Baby Units in the UK with a small 125 beds between them. These units offer wonderful support to mothers experiencing a mental illness such as Puerperal Psychosis or Postnatal Depression and importantly they are able to take their baby in with them which aids the bonding process which can quite often be a big issue for mums with a mental illness.
I’ve not personally been in a Mother and Baby unit but a number of women I’m honoured to call friends have been and I can see how beneficial they can be, however when a mum leaves she can sometimes be left feeling unsupported and unsure where to turn for further support.
Which leads me on to why I’m asking for donations here, We’ve already reached our £500 target but we ideally need at least £800 to supply the units with extra booklets and teddies.
I’m going to be creating ‘Hope Packs’ for mums in Mother and Baby units containing a small booklet with positive words of encouragement, stories etc from other mums who’ve experienced a perinatal mental illness along with a little ‘Hope’ teddy so the mums can have a little hope with them always.
I will also be supplying #PNDHour and #PNDChat promotional posters/cards for the Units to hand out should the wish to.
Please donate if you can or spread the word if you aren’t able to donate at the moment. Thank you SO much to all those who have donated so far, your support means a lot to me and I know it will help give hope to these mums.
Love Rosey xx