Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I really appreciate all of the witnesses being here.
I'm going to focus some of my questions specifically to Dr. Fairbrother and Dr. Galea.
I shared with you before committee started that I am a mom to two little boys. Specifically on the perinatal mental health and the anxiety piece, that wasn't something I even knew existed.
When I had my first son, I didn't have any of those experiences. Very shortly after having my second son, I realized that my anxiety was crippling, out of control. I felt like there was something wrong, and he was born a month early. There was a lot of extra stress, so I just assumed that, clearly, I was anxious, and there was something to be anxious about.
It took finding some of your research that helped me realize, “Hey, wait. This is just a normal phenomena. This too shall pass. I am fine. It's all good.”
I share that because I didn't even know that it existed. I was wondering what recommendations you would have that we could put forward on improving this aspect.