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Depression has no face, it shows up and steals your joy

Jane Mikwa, 40, is a wife and mother of two girls; Jayda and Joella. She shares on her struggle with post-partum depression.

I am a stay-at-home mother at the moment but I am a Human Resources professional. My pregnancy with youngest daughter was not easy.

I had placenta previa, a condition in which a baby‘s placenta partially or totally covers the mother‘s cervix. Due to the heavy bleeding that can sometimes come with the condition, my doctor prescribed bed rest for four and a half months.

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