Dr Punam Krishan on Maternal Health: "I Wasn't Taken Seriously Because I Was An Anxious Mum"

About this episode

Dr Punam Krishan shares her experiences with maternal health challenges and the importance of self-advocacy.

Trigger Warning: this episode contains discussions around some difficult subjects including traumatic birth and breast cancer. If you think you may find this difficult to listen to, please choose another episode x In this episode Giovanna sits down with NHS GP, resident GP on BBC Morning Live and bestselling author, Dr Punam Krishan! Punam opens up about her own traumatic first birth and the life-threatening complications, postnatal depression, and PTSD that followed. She also talks about the breast cancer diagnosis she received last year that reinforced the importance of listening to her body and advocating for herself. Please take this conversation as a reminder to check your chests! Dr Punam's latest book, The Mother Load Every Mother’s Guide to Juggling Health, Life & Happiness, is out now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Giovanna Fletcher

Guest: Dr Punam Krishan

Topics covered

• maternal health
• postnatal depression
• PTSD
• breast cancer
• advocacy
• mental health

Keywords

• maternal health
• postnatal depression
• PTSD
• breast cancer
• self-advocacy
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHS, BBC

Books & works: The Mother Load Every Mother’s Guide to Juggling Health, Life & Happiness

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