I don't know about the perinatal classes, but I can tell you, because I did this little analysis very recently, that we looked at the books that are written. I'm sure that you might have heard about this on Monday as well. So much attention is paid to the pregnant person and, once the baby is out, all the attention moves to the baby. Very little attention goes to the birthing parent, and that's a problem.
Another problem is that mental health is still such a stigma in our country, but one in two of us will experience mental health issues in our lifetime. This means that either us or someone we love dearly is going to go through that.
I never understand this stigma. We have to break it up with a conversation. We have to make it clear that it's okay to talk about mental illness. Obviously, there are repercussions for talking about it when you're pregnant, but it's a very susceptible time. There are a lot of biological signatures during the postpartum period that match what happens during pregnancy, so it makes sense that this would be a very particularly vulnerable time.