
S2E6 - Perinatal OCD: When ‘the happiest time of your life’ turns dark.
Published: October 26, 2025
Duration: 58:36
This week is all about perinatal OCD, and it’s a biggie. Penny and Ange chat to perinatal and reproductive psychiatrist Dr Edna Lekgabe and clinical psychologist Dr kit Casey. In the discussion they talk about:
What perinatal OCD is
How the brain fundamentally changes during matrescence
Who gets perinatal OCD and why
Some of the common ( and extremely difficult obsessions that come up with perinatal OCD)
The ‘professionalisation of parenthood’
The loneliness of experiencing perinatal OCD
Why it’s so commonly misdiagnosed/missed altogether
Medication throughout the perinatal period
Matrescence by Lucy jones
Self compassion episode with Andrea
Pharmacist Rodney White...