For Jade, 33, from Sherbourne in Dorset, it was a peri-mental health team and an admission to a mother and baby unit in Bournemouth that helped her to get better.
She experienced postpartum psychosis, external about two weeks after she gave birth to her daughter in December 2020.
According to the NHS, the condition affects about one in 1,000 new mothers and can include symptoms such as hallucinations, mania, confusion and depression.
The NHS said it should be treated as a medical emergency.
Jade said she had spent almost three days in labour before she was induced and she finally delivered her daughter with the help of forceps.
“I didn’t realise at the time but, after going through therapy, I realise it was quite a traumatic delivery,” she said.
“I experienced tearfulness right away and I think that was trying to process it as I’d wanted a water birth, so it was very different to what I’d envisioned.”