Jasmin Piho, 33, Hurstville, NSW
Opening the lid of my takeaway, I couldn't wait to tuck into my Thai noodles. But my stomach lurched and I made a beeline for the bathroom. I recognized the familiar nausea in my belly.
'I'm pregnant!' I told my husband, Moses, then 29, after doing a test.
We already had our gorgeous girl, Mere, then three, and I couldn't wait for her to become a big sister.
At four months along, suddenly it was like a switch had flicked. I'd always been a super positive person, but it felt like a dark cloud had taken hold of my thoughts.
What is the point in even living, I thought on one particularly dark night.
'Every day feels like the worst day of my life, I can't seem to find any joy in the world,' I confided in Moses.
Worried, he didn't know how to help me. Then I remembered my mum, Michelle, telling me about our family history of perinatal depression.
'You need to take care of yourself,' she'd often say.
So I spent as much time as possible out in the fresh air, walking with Mere in the pram, until I tired myself out.
Welcoming our beautiful son Nemia, in January 2021, it felt like the storm clouds had blown away for good.
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