A new mum admitted she "felt nothing" when her baby girl was born after comparing herself to "perfect" Instagram families led to postnatal depression and psychosis. <br /><br />Shannon Finan, 30, was excited when she found out she was expecting but, after feeling a pressure to be the best mum from Instagram posts, she "disconnected" from her bump.<br /><br />Her mental health took a downward spiral and Shannon struggled to feel an immediate love when her daughter, Orlagh, now one, was born in June 2023.<br /><br />The single mum even planned to take her own life before she was admitted to Margaret Oates Mother and Baby Unit, Nottingham.<br /><br />Now Shannon feels "deserving" of her daughter and wants to normalise postnatal depression and psychosis.
