It’s 7am in a postnatal(产后的) ward. I’ve been brought here having given birth around four hours earlier. I’m hot and have not slept since arriving at the hospital at 9pm for an induction, only to(结果却（表示出乎意料）) go into labour spontaneously before it could begin. All around me is incandescent(炽热的；白炽的) hospital light and the sound of crying newborns. This would be challenging enough for someone who isn’t neurodivergent(神经多样性的), but coupled with my attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) I could feel my ability to cope unravelling(瓦解；崩溃).
现在是产后病房的早上7点。大约四小时前我生了孩子，被带到了这里。我很热，自从晚上9点为了引产来到医院后就一直没睡，结果引产还没开始，我就自然临产了。我周围是炽热的医院灯光和新生儿的啼哭声。对于非神经多样性的人来说，这已经够有挑战性了，但加上我的注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD），我能感觉到自己的应对能力正在瓦解。
I remember looking around, crying, unable to shut off(关闭；停止) the noise in my brain. “What if I don’t ever sleep again,” the little voice asked. I shut my eyes and the noise grew. Then there was my newborn son, lying next to me in a cot(婴儿床), and the fact that I had absolutely no idea how to look after him. I pressed the emergency buzzer and told the midwife who arrived that I could not breathe and needed to be discharged immediately.(我按下紧急呼叫铃，告诉赶来的助产士我无法呼吸，需要立即出院。) She said they couldn’t do that because I was under the mental health team and needed to speak to them first. I cried more.
我记得自己环顾四周，哭泣着，无法关掉大脑中的噪音。“如果我再也睡不着怎么办，”那个小声音问道。我闭上眼睛，噪音却更大了。然后是我刚出生的儿子，躺在旁边的婴儿床里，而我完全不知道该如何照顾他。我按下了紧急呼叫铃，对赶来的助产士说我无法呼吸，需要立即出院。她说他们不能那样做，因为我归心理健康团队管理，需要先和他们谈谈。我哭得更厉害了。
The rest of my stay in hospital is a blur(模糊不清的事物). I begged anyone who came near my bed for sleeping pills. Eventually, with the help of my midwife and the mental health team, I was sent home that day.
我在医院剩下的时光一片模糊。我恳求任何靠近我床的人给我安眠药。最终，在助产士和心理健康团队的帮助下，我当天就被送回了家。
Hormones affect those with ADHD more
激素对多动症患者影响更大
Medication
药物治疗
Know your rights
了解你的权利
Create a birth plan
制定分娩计划
Plan for the postnatal period
为产后时期做计划
Ignore unhelpful expectations
忽略无益的期望
Watch out for burnout
警惕倦怠