How Dads Can Support Mums with PND

Dad’s often ask, how can I support my partner?

In addition to all the other changes in your life, you may discover that your partner is experiencing difficulties adjusting to motherhood, depression, or anxiety. Here’s some tips for what you can do to help:

• Your partner needs you to be there and to listen to her concerns and to believe what she is feeling.
• Be as patient as you can.
• Don’t try to convince her that she is worrying over nothing – show you do care about her feelings and encourage her to express them.
• Just ask how she feels.
• All you have to do is listen – you don’t have to fix the problem yourself.

See Darren Jolly describe what helped for him and his family.