It can be so overwhelming when you first fall pregnant. The exhaustion, the strange changes to your body, the worry of whether you’re going to be a good mum. Imagine juggling all that and the stress of whether you’re going to have enough money to care for them or whether your partner would hurt you – or the baby. During COVID there’s been an increase in peri-natal depression and domestic violence, so today’s guest, Helen Parker – founder and CEO of a non-for-profit group called The Babes Project – is calling for more perinatal support for pregnant women doing it tough. She also shares her deeply personal reason for wanting to protect new mums and their babes.