Mum guilty of 'Toilet Drowning' murder of newborn.

by nicolaou 10 Replies latest social current

  • Scully
    Scully

    jws:

    Forgive me for being ignorant, but wouldn't postpartum psychosis be "post" partum? In other words, some time after the delivery? Now if she gave birth, then took the baby over to the toilet and drown it, that's a little different and I could see how that might be considered afterwards.

    Psychotic episodes that are concurrent with a postpartum experience can be precipitated by the stress and obvious pain of labour. Going through all that alone (by the way, a labouring woman should never be left alone) and then having to face the reality of a baby that she claimed she was not carrying..... it was a tragedy waiting to happen.

    FYI: http://www.bcrmh.com/disorders/psychosis.htm

    Love, Scully

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