It is a failure of the understanding that even the strongest of women can crack under pressure. Tragic stories of moms who have killed their babies due to PPD are simply regarded heinous without a consideration for the more grounded neurological reasons behind the violence. When the Bough Breaks focuses on the cracks of the American justice system and the shortcomings of OB/GYNs.

Many who have never experienced such syndromes often fail to recognize it as a real disorder and simply blame the mother for lacking an “instinctual love” for their baby. Lippman’s documentary was created by a group of women as a project to help mothers and their families understand the dire (and sometimes fatal) issue of PPD an issue often trivialized and tabooed. Her urge to be the voice for mothers has been unyielding as she narrates Jamielyn Lippman’s new documentary, When the Bough Breaks (not to be confused with Jon Cassar’s 2016 film by the same name). Postpartum depression is direly prevalent so why is it so often pushed under the rug?Ĭhrissy Teigen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Courtney Cox, and Celine Dion are just a few of the celebrity moms who have voiced their personal struggles with PPD yet it’s a mental illness that is seldom addressed.īrooke Shields - a pioneer figure for stepping up about her PPD - published a book in 2004, titled Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression.

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