3 Oct 2026
Baby Blues, Postpartum Depression or Psychosis? | Ustadha Sarah Sultan
⚠️ This episode discusses postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, harm to children and suicide. It may be triggering for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. If you or someone you love is struggling, support resources are listed below.How do you tell the baby blues from postpartum depression, and when does it become an emergency? Ustadha Sarah Sultan is a licensed professional counselor and an AlMaghrib instructor. She sits down with AlMaghrib host Hafsah Tarar for an honest conversation about maternal mental health. The recent high-profile case of Lindsay Clancy has raised a lot of questions in the community, and this episode tries to answer them with care.They cover the difference between baby blues, which most new mothers go through, postpartum depression, which affects about 1 in 7 mothers, and postpartum psychosis, which is rare and a medical emergency. Ustadha Sarah explains why the burden of noticing usually falls on the husband and family, because the mother often cannot see it herself. She also gives practical ways spouses and friends can rebuild the village new mothers used to have.From there they turn to the questions mothers are often afraid to ask. Do intrusive thoughts make you a bad mother? How do you tell waswasa from intrusive thoughts and from psychosis? Does needing therapy or medication mean your iman is weak? And what does worship look like when you have a newborn?"The state of your heart can be very different from the state of your brain."—If you want to keep going with Ustadha Sarah, her course Grounded draws on the stories of the prophets, the Seerah and psychology to help you work through grief, anxiety, loss and fear. It has 18 hours of on-demand lessons and live Q&As with Ustadha Sarah, and you get lifetime access. Grounded is pay as you can, so cost doesn't have to stand between you and the help.👉 https://almaghrib.online/grounded——Resources988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or text 988https://988lifeline.orgChat: https://988lifeline.org/chatFree help from trained counselors by phone or live online chat, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you or someone you love has thoughts of suicide, call or chat for help.Postpartum Support International (PSI) HelplineCall 800-944-4773Text 800-944-4773 (English) or 971-203-7773 (Spanish)https://www.postpartum.netA nonemergency helpline for support, information, or referrals to mental health professionals during or after pregnancy. Open 7 days a week. Leave a confidential message at any time and a volunteer will call or text you back as soon as possible. PSI also runs online support groups and a weekly Chat with an Expert.National Maternal Mental Health Hotline1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotlineA free, confidential hotline for pregnant and new mothers in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine1-800-950-NAMI (6264)https://nami.org/helpA free, nationwide support service for anyone with questions or concerns about mental health.If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.Book mentioned: And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman.Guest: Ustadha Sarah Sultan is a licensed professional counselor, therapist and AlMaghrib instructor.Host: Hafsah Tarar is an AlMaghrib host and the Canada Events Manager at AlMaghrib.#PostpartumDepression #MaternalMentalHealth #AlMaghribPodcast #SarahSultan #LindsayClancy
