The Princess of Wales has shared a new update on social media on Mother’s Day following this week’s garden party.
In a video shared on Instagram, she reflected on her role as patron of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week came to a close.
The caption read: “Proud to be a Patron of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance. As Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close, it is important to reflect on the experience of complex motherhood.
Thanks to Karen from the Maternal Mental Health Alliance and Erica from her circle, Chair of the North East Council for Complex Motherhood. It is a pleasure to see you at this week’s Garden Party.”
In the video, representatives from the organization introduced themselves and spoke openly about their work to support mothers who face a variety of challenges.
Explaining the focus of their project, they said: “We are working on a project for women experiencing complex motherhood, which has been defined as women going through challenges such as childhood trauma, drug use and poverty.
But at the end of the day, all mothers experience some form of complexity, mental health being one of them, of course.
We know that many women who give birth will experience a health problem during or after.
It is common; many people go through this, but there is help out there.
Talk to other women and there are lots of organizations out there. There are positive things that can be done to make it better and to reduce suffering.”
