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Back from Broken

Catherine Cho

Back from Broken

Colorado Public Radio

Society & Culture

5703 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Author Catherine Cho recounts how one of the happiest moments of her life turned ugly when she developed postpartum psychosis shortly after the birth of her first child. This is the story of how she and her family made it through.

Back From Broken is a show about how we are all broken sometimes, and how we need help from time to time. If you’re struggling, you can find a list of resources at BackFromBroken.org.

Host: Vic Vela
Lead producer: Jo Erickson
Editor: Dennis Funk
Producers: Luis Antonio Perez, Rebekah Romberg
Music: Daniel Mescher, Brad Turner
Executive producers: Brad Turner, Rachel Estabrook

Thanks also to Hart van Denburg, Jodi Gersh, Clara Shelton, Matt Herz, Martin Skavish, Kim Nguyen, Francie Swidler.

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On Twitter: @VicVela1

Transcript

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0:00.0

In three, two, one.

0:03.0

N'an, I'm the best of the book.

0:07.0

Catherine Cho holds her excited son while her husband assembles a toy horse.

0:12.0

Two, two foot.

0:14.0

Four feet.

0:15.0

They're on four legs, kidda.

0:17.0

This happy family life seems a far cry from their lives three years ago.

0:21.6

He traveled very far away on your horse.

0:24.6

On your horse.

0:25.6

We're now in Virginia.

0:28.6

Like most first-time moms, Catherine Cho was nervous about being a mother.

0:33.6

It's such a life-changing experience, especially for a highly accomplished literary

0:39.3

agent who is far more comfortable managing the egos of writers than changing diapers.

0:45.3

Catherine was 30 years old when she found out she was pregnant.

0:49.3

And so it seemed kind of destined because my mother had been 30 when she had me, and so was my grandmother when she had my mother.

0:56.0

All the signs in her life were saying this was meant to happen.

1:00.0

But when Cato was born, something inside of Catherine snapped.

1:04.0

The stress and anxiety of being a new mom triggered postpartum psychosis,

1:10.0

something that affects almost two out of a thousand

1:13.2

new moms.

1:14.2

It was such a surreal experience because I basically went into a complete mental break.

1:24.5

Katherine went from being a quiet, self-assured, brilliant woman into something else,

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