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Episode 19: "I loved my baby... I just didn't like being a Mommy"

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A Johannesburg psychiatrist is urging new mothers and their families to learn the warning signs of postnatal depression — after revealing she failed to recognise the condition in herself.

As part of our focus on health this Women's month, we're also looking into the emotional upheaval that comes with having a baby and how things can - and do -spiral out of control.

HOT1027's Tara Penny reports...
20 Aug 2AM English South Africa Health & Fitness · News

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