Claim: Suicide is the main cause of death among new mothers.
Fact-check: Deaths following childbirth - Full Fact
Verdict: suicide was the main cause of death between six weeks and one year after pregnancy in the period 2012-2014. other causes of death were more common in the six weeks after giving birth.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2016-12-09T00:00:00