Following Wife’s Postpartum Suicide, This Pittsburgh Dad is Helping New Moms Struggling with Mental Illness

Steven D’Achelle says he first noticed a change in his wife Alexis after the couple welcomed their first child into the world, a daughter, Adriana.

Alexis had experienced a traumatic delivery in which Adriana initially wasn’t able to breathe. The Pittsburgh dad says he looked at his once vibrant, happy wife and saw only a woman who seemed overwhelmingly sad, and lost.

“It was the beginning of the end,” the 36-year-old told TODAY Parents.

When the new parents returned home with their new baby, Alexis continued to struggle with the transition into motherhood. In addition to the lack of sleep, and trouble with breastfeeding, Alexis still seemed detached from her infant who Steven says would cry constantly.


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