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Postpartum depression can hit anyone: Muthoni Aceda, a psychologist, shares her struggles with PPD

Muthoni Aceda

Postpartum depression has no pattern, face or time frame. Muthoni Aceda tells Christine Odeph how she discovered the truth in this and how, despite having a background in psychology, it took her family and a post on Facebook to make her realise she was a victim.

I didn’t have an initial vision of myself as a mother. I just always knew motherhood would come — like all milestones. So when I discovered I was pregnant, I just savoured each stage and downloaded every possible app that told me what to expect week on week. 

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