Postpartum mom Lindsay Clancy on trial for murder brings court to a halt with sudden breakdown

Lindsay Clancy sobbed and said "I can't do this" as a medical examiner described the autopsy of her 5-year-old daughter Cora in court Wednesday.

Mental health issues are the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, but they are often overlooked.

It usually happens within several days of giving birth but can occur up to six weeks afterwards and affects someone’s sense of reality

The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight  CNN

Lindsay Clancy's murder trial was paused multiple times Wednesday afternoon as she sobbed loudly and said "I can't do it" during testimony.

Patrick Clancy took the stand on the first two days of Lindsay Clancy's trial and testified about finding his kids fatally injured.

Lindsay Clancy broke down crying in court Wednesday as jurors heard graphic testimony about the injuries suffered by her children.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, is on trial for killing her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, at her Massachusetts home.

Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 to say she was having "intrusive thoughts I never had before," "feeling completely hopeless" and worried about becoming addicted to some medications.

“Our understanding and treatment of postpartum psychiatric illnesses remain profoundly inadequate,” experts write.

Lindsay Clancy's legal team does not deny that the Massachusetts mother killed her children, but is arguing she shouldn't be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill — in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors say she plotted to get her husband out of the house so she could c

The Biggest Takeaways From Inside The Courtroom Of The Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Reporter  Forbes

Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 that she was having “intrusive thoughts I never had before,” “feeling completely hopeless” and worried about becoming addicted to some medications

At Lindsay Clancy trial, focus turns to medications prescribed before she killed her 3 children  AP News