“…Thus, it is unsurprising that maternal mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, are commonly experienced by women during this time. The experience of poor maternal mental health has been associated with a myriad of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes such as preterm birth 3,[5][6][7] and low infant birthweight 3,6 , in addition to longer-term negative impacts regarding child development [8][9][10][11] , offspring mental health 8,12,13 , early mother-child interaction [14][15][16][17] , and ongoing mental health issues for the mother 17,18 . Despite significant consequences, maternal mental health symptomology continues to be under-recognised and under-treated 2,19 .…”