Postnatal depletion can be an accumulative process – you conceive a baby, grow a baby, birth a baby then breastfeed, then throw in some sleep deprivation and the emotional stress of adjusting to this new role.

As a breastfeeding mother you are everything to your baby – food, comfort and nurturing. Around the clock. So how do you protect your mental health?

While everyone is trying to be helpful by sharing their own hard earned wisdom about having a baby, they probably won’t share these five things that you really need to know.