Despite red flags, Krysta did not get support until she was really suffering.
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…to not dismiss red flags. I feel like I was pretty open with, you know, the possibility of having post-partum depression and anxiety and even when I had it, I feel like many doctors saw the red flags but just – I feel like it wasn’t until I was screaming like, ‘I’m really, really, really suffering. I need help’ then only did I get support. So I feel like, yeah, they just need to ask the right questions and look into the red flags, I guess.
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