Any mamas with experience with pregnancy after PPD?

Brianna0915

Im a long time lurker and haven't posted much in the group. 

With my daughter, I struggled after pregnancy with PPD and PPA. I don't remember feeling the depression and anxiety before I had her, but with this pregnancy I can't help but notice that I'm starting to feel this same way again, and I'm only at 24wks. I've been feeling so anxious all of the time and I just can't control it. And it sounds terrible, but I have a 35 minute drive home from work, and I crank up the radio and cry my whole way home everyday. I don't know why I'm crying, I just do. 

Has anyone had had experience with pregnancy after postpartum? Could this just be normal pregnancy hormones messing with me? I'm terrified to go through what I went through after my daughter and I want to do all I can to prevent it. 

ShePersisted

Sorry you are experiencing this. Pls get help early on as it helps. I did not have sever PPD but I did have and still have PPA. I can feel the PPA creep up again this time around. Last time there was a huge correlation to PPD to lack of sleep so this time I'm investing in a baby night nurse. If you talk to someone they can help identify the triggers and help you cope. Sometimes medication becomes necessary. Don't suffer through this. Get help. This is not in your head. It's real and it happens a lot! 

Ladybentspoon

I agree with @ShePersisted. I had PPD and PPA with my first, and I am starting to experience it again too. Work with your therapist, and get the help you need! It's a lot easier to treat early on than to try and did yourself out of the deep dark hole it can become. 

bcashaw

Havent suffered PPD as i am a FTM, but i am very high risk and have been working with a therapist and a psychiatrist to help prevent or at least hopefully lesson the degree to which i struggle with PPD. please please speak to your OB about this so they can refer you to someone that can help.  
Also know that youre not alone♡ 

MaximumEffort

I had PPD with my first but more situational as I has him adopted, my second I was alone again, this one I am married but I still find myself having issues mentally, it's like a PTSD type thing. My sister actually had postpartum psychosis, we had her hospitalized a couple weeks after she gave birth.  Make sure you take care of yourself and don't fear talking to your ON about your fears. So much seems taboo with pregnancy since we always think we are being judged, don't let that stop you from finding help.  

ariasbabyblog

I am anxiety depressive normally, then throwing in pregnancy and postpartum really messes with my head. Talk to someone early, like, now and continue going to sessions as often as you can. Build up your support system now. Having all of that in place before you possibly go off the rails is one of the more important aspects of dealing PPD and PPA and coming through it smoothly and maybe even better off. If it is still all too much (and that's OK!)  there are medications, that while not recommended, you can take while pregnant. This is your life, and your baby and you need to do what needs to be done to take care of the both of you. Everyone else and their negative opinions can jump off a cliff. Hang in there, you are NOT alone.

kyethra

Being aware is important. I had what was classified as a severe case of the baby blues. In the hospital after delivery it was like a switch flipped and ugh. I have been on antidepressants since I was a teen, a fairly low dose. Immediately after birth, upon advice, I doubled the dose. A couple months after I was able to taper down again. I will likely do that again. I am emotional and irritable, and well-- pregnant! Right now, but don't feel it is at unusual levels, but am trying to be aware.

NYTino24

*TW* I had some after my loss. */TW* But I have some A & D as it is and a big drop in hormones triggered it even more. I plan on speaking with the OB closer to delivery to have them keep an eye on me. I still cry a decent amount since my first pregnancy.