'Becoming a parent can be wonderful and really hard. But with all challenges comes strength.'⁣ ⁣ Meet Nicki, the statewide lived experience coordinator at the Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (QCPIMH) in Brisbane. 👋⁣ ⁣ Nicki's also a mum of two children, who are now teenagers. She developed severe perinatal mental illness while pregnant with her first baby. She spent time at a mother and baby mental health inpatient unit, and has continued her recovery journey over the years, while parenting her growing children.⁣ ⁣ Using these experiences, Nicki now supports parents, caregivers, infants and young children accessing mental health services by offering hope and sharing her journey. 🤗⁣ ⁣ She says that birth and the ‘fourth trimester’ (the first three to four months after birth) are a time of massive change and adjustment. Some parents deal with it well, while many others struggle, especially when sleep deprived. 😪⁣ ⁣ 'I just want parents to keep in mind that eve...