The Bafta-winning actor Kimberley Nixon is turning one of the darkest experiences of motherhood into a call for change through her new one-woman play, Baby Brain.
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The Bafta-winning actor Kimberley Nixon is turning one of the darkest experiences of motherhood into a call for change through her new one-woman play, Baby Brain.
It draws on her experience of living with postnatal OCD following the birth of her son.
In England alone, one in four women will suffer with a perinatal mental health condition.
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