NEW MOTHERS IN Ireland are “suffering in silence” over hidden health problems, and are reluctant to ask for help, a professor in midwifery has said.
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“It means that the women’s health takes second place to a lot of other issues and it can be months before the woman realises she has a health problem.”Naomi Donaldson said she felt “lonely and stupid” after the birth of her son Evan in March 2017. “She brushed it off saying ‘well all new mothers are tired’. Six weeks later I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue,” she said.
Ellen McEvoy, another mother at the event, said she went into “complete shock” after her son Eric was born.