This is such an important issue I wanted to share. This is my friend Tanya's story.
“When The Bough Breaks” Tanya Newbould’s Story
When a woman has a child, she is expected to love, cherish,
and have joy around that baby. What a
blessing, life is good, right? What if
that’s not the case? What happens when a
woman of a child bearing age has a baby, and doesn’t connect with it? Or perhaps, wants to harm it, or herself, and
has such a depression, and feels so alone, that she feels no one could possibly
understand? Post Partum Depression
affects one in seven woman worldwide. It
is devastating to the mom, the family, and it some Post Partum Psychosis cases,
to the child. “When The Bough Breaks”is
a documentary that explores all aspects of PPD, and the severities. This documentary is being created to take an
in depth look at the medical, emotional,
and physiological aspects of PPD.
Tanya
Newbould is an actress who suffered PPD after the
birth of her daughter. It was a shock to
her as she wanted a child desperately, and was very excited about having
a
baby. She had a healthy pregnancy, and
child birth. Within one week, everything
shifted, and she began to experience severe depression, and a
disconnect from her child. She couldn’t leave the house and take the
baby for a stroll. It was too
overwhelming. She felt scared,
abandoned, and alone. Her marriage began
to crumble and she sought help. There
was no label placed upon it, only anti-depressants offered by both her
OB/GYN,
and a Psychologist. Tanya the read
Brooke Shield’s book “Down Came The Rain”, and immediately connected
with
Brooke’s PPD. She overcame PPD, but it
took five and half months.
Tanya then met Jamielyn Lippman, a film director who was
shooting a documentary about actors, and both being mom’s, began to share their
experiences. Jamielyn had not suffered
PPD, but both felt it is such a compelling subject that needs to be brought to
light. Jamielyn posted in a few mommy
blogs, and the received hundreds of emails from women that were either
suffering, or had suffered from PPD. They
began working together, gathering information, and filming these amazing women
and their stories.
Today they are a team of three women including Lindsay
Gerszt who also had suffered PPD, and is in the footage we shot, and their goal
is to raise money to complete this very important project, and by doing so,
helping women around the world to realize they are not alone, and there is
help.
Please take the time to click the link below, and support
“When The Bough Breaks”, so that it can be completed, and help change the lives
of the women who suffer from PPD. We
need and appreciate your help. The more
money we raise, the better documentary we make, the more people we can help.
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