Coronation Street Spoilers: Gemma’s Mental Health Storyline – Postpartum Depression Hits Mom of Quads

Coronation Street spoilers reveal Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) has a mental health storyline coming up. She has been doubtful of her skills as a parent even since the quads were born. It doesn’t even occur to her that this could be due to a medical problem, most likely postpartum depression. Adding to the plot is the fact that certain mothers are poking fun at her instead of supporting her.

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Ever since Gemma gave birth to her quadruplets, parenting has been a struggle for her and that is understandable. It’s hard enough raising one child, let alone four at once. For those of us parents that watch the soap, we think she is doing the best she can and a great job at that. However, she has experienced a lot of doubt over her own parenting and she doesn’t get enough support from others, that’s for sure.

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Gemma Winter’s Mental Health

Corrie spoilers tease that Gemma has a mental health storyline coming up and it’s an important topic. There are so many mothers that go through postpartum depression. Sometimes, it’s obvious that something isn’t’t quite right. Other times, it’s not so obvious and requires a lot of things to happen before a diagnosis is made — if it’s ever made at all. Then, there is a small percentage of women whose depression turns into postpartum psychosis, which can have devastating consequences.

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In addition to Gemma already struggling with her mental health, there is an additional complication. She attends a baby class and thinks she is making friends. However, what she doesn’t realize yet is that they aren’t laughing with her — they are laughing at her. This could make things even worse for the new mother.

These women are elite and posh and everything Gemma isn’t. She wants to fit in, but they just view her not as another fellow mother, but as someone to look down on. They are trying to make themselves feel better about their own inadequacies.

Coronation Street Spoilers: Postpartum Depression Next Big Topic

This is an important topic that the soap writers are working on and the timing couldn’t be better. Hopefully, it will make others recognize the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression. It’s not always so obvious to see. A mother can suffer from it, but still appear to be doing everything “right.” It’s not always tears and not being able to get out of bed. Many times, mothers appear functional when they are really struggling so much inside.

Let’s hope this assists everyone in knowing when they need to get evaluated and to get the treatment they need to live the best life possible — for themselves, their families and most of all, their children.

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