KSL TV
SANDY – Utah mothers are struggling during the pandemic. In the last eight months, the new Huntsman Mental Health Institute has seen a massive increase in mental health problems among new and expectant mothers.
Motherhood during the best of times can be challenging. But during COVID-19, it s even harder.
Last year, Jennifer Mullen lost her second baby in her second trimester.
Though she was excited to be pregnant with her infant son, David, soon after, when he was born last spring, It felt like I hit a brick wall, said Mullen, who lives with her family in Sandy.
The pandemic had just hit. Her postpartum depression had worsened with each pregnancy.