Yvonne Murray: Covid made me more alone than ever before

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Yvonne Murray outside her home in Co Cork. File picture: Denis Minihane

Back in early October 2019 my second daughter Ròisìn was born. There is about a year and a half between Ròisìn and my first daughter Mèabh. It was mayhem during those first few weeks, but it was lovely.

In January, I wasn't feeling great in myself and was very down and my husband was encouraging me to go and speak to a doctor. I brushed it off until later that month when the girls had a check-up with the public health nurse and she asked me how I was feeling. We completed a questionnaire and she said 'I think you are showing signs of postnatal depression'.