Confessions on Yik Yak | The inability of so many people to not understand what postpartum psychosis is really shocks me, we really need to do a better job on educating the public on real women’s health issues, no wonder the birth rate is going down in America

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The inability of so many people to not understand what postpartum psychosis is really shocks me, we really need to do a better job on educating the public on real women’s health issues, no wonder the birth rate is going down in America

Anonymous 18h

there is more work to do of course, but women and mothers have never had more understanding and sympathy from the general public than in modern times in the western world. and specifically, lindsay clancy had a nanny, supportive parents, a husband working from home, and access to multiple therapists and medications. she killed three children and should be committed. and people need to stop making conspiracies about how the husband secretly framed her.

Anonymous

#1 18h

im talking about women’s health issues and education in America, i dont want it to become a debate about one woman when this affects 50% of the people in America

Anonymous

OP 18h

it could always be better but like a few decades ago most people and medical institutions didn’t even acknowledge the existence of postpartum. now it is widely recognized and there is more care and attention given to it. and in younger generations men are doing a larger share of housework and childcare than their fathers and grandfathers. the birth rate has actually decreased as things have improved

Anonymous

#1 18h

things being better than they were decades ago doesn’t mean they’re adequate now, my point is that there’s still a major lack of education surrounding postpartum mental health and women’s healthcare in general, i also think declining birth rates are obviously multifactorial, but inadequate maternal healthcare and support can still affect how women feel about pregnancy and motherhood, progress doesn’t mean the problem is solved

Anonymous

OP 17h

i don’t disagree that more can be done, a lot of people are ignorant about postpartum, but we are generally on the right track. declining births are almost entirely driven by people increasingly living in cities, contraception access, and women having more options and career paths. countries like sweden with universal extremely generous maternity leave and family-friendly policies where women are equally represented in medicine, politics, business etc have LOWER birth rates than america.

Anonymous

#1 17h

yeah i think we mostly agree then! i definitely agree those are major factors in declining birth rates, my original wording was probably too simplistic, i just think maternal healthcare and support can play a role in how some women feel about having children too, my main point was really just that we still have a lot of work to do with education around postpartum mental health :)

Anonymous

OP 17h

i agree! and i think even though in the case of lindsay clancy it’s kind of been hijacked by true crime enthusiasts trying to find a crazy twist in a terrible tragedy for their own entertainment, the original call for more attention for maternal issues is very important and i think the more support and options women have in this process the more we will be able to prevent future events like this. it sucks that this is being turned into a boys vs girls spectacle for a lot of people.