Infographic 1: Key themes emerging from the comments

1. diminished connection to and support from family and friends
2. negative remarks (e.g., ‘awful’, ‘difficult’)
3. specific comments about fathers/partners and the hospital/appointments
4. feeling alone, lonely, isolated.

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Figure 2: Rating of 2020 by pregnant people, new parents and others aged 20–44 years

Stacked bar chart:

• Pregnant:
• A very bad year - 3%
• a bad year - 19%
• Neither good nor bad - 41%
• a good year - 34%
• a very good year - 3%
• New parent:
• A very bad year - 4%
• a bad year - 11%
• Neither good nor bad - 25%
• a good year - 45%
• a very good year - 15%
• Others aged 20-44:
• A very bad year - 7%
• a bad year - 26%
• Neither good nor bad - 42%
• a good year - 21%
• a very good year - 3%

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Figure 3: Services used and needed, by type and cohort

Stacked bar chart:

General practitioner (GP)

• New parent:
• have accessed 81%
• have needed but not accessed 6%
• Pregnant:
• have accessed 87%
• have needed but not accessed 3%
• Other 20-45:
• have accessed 67%
• have needed but not accessed 6%

Specialist

• New parent:
• have accessed 53%
• have needed but not accessed 15%
• Pregnant:
• have accessed 56%
• have needed but not accessed 11%
• Other 20-45:
• have accessed 46%
• have needed but not accessed 15%

Mental health service

• New parent:
• have accessed 21%
• have needed but not accessed 20%
• Pregnant:
• have accessed 21%
• have needed but not accessed 14%
• Other 20-45:
• have accessed 21%
• have needed but not accessed 19%

Counselling service

• New parent:
• have accessed 16%
• have needed but not accessed 18%
• Pregnant:
• have accessed 10%
• have needed but not accessed 10%
• Other 20-45:
• have accessed 16%
• have needed but not accessed 18%

Family relationship service

• New parent:
• have accessed 5%
• have needed but not accessed 10%
• Pregnant:
• have accessed 2%
• have needed but not accessed 7%
• Other 20-45:
• have accessed 4%
• have needed but not accessed 14%

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