Verity Reed Hall, who runs apostnatal depression support website from her home in west Cornwall, wants a dedicated centre for women with severe cases of the illness, so they can recover and care for their baby at the same time.
What is so troubling about these theories of parenting both pre- and postnatal is that they seem like attempts to exert control in a world that is increasingly out of control.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Adrian Flynn said there was a need for more specialist care "across the board" claiming postnatal depression is "not at the forefront of clinicians' minds".