Prenatal Depression?

angiemedic56

I'm 22 weeks pregnant and feeling depressed. I'm worried this will lead to PPD. It's hard to tell if I'm really depressed or if it's just the hormones.

Gina418

Talk with your ob at your next appt - let her know how you're feeling. May just be the hormones/nerves/etc. You may benefit from talking to a therapist for a bit. Doesn't mean that you are depressed or that you'll get PPD. Take it one day at a time.

GL!

jsugrin

I felt the same way with my 2nd and finally went on medication early in my 3rd tri(I think).  Since it was my 2nd and very planned, I knew that how I was feeling was not normal for me and I definitely was concerned with not getting a handle on it early enough.  I was very happy with my decision to go on Zoloft and think that while I could have made it through my pregnancy without that I would have crashed and burned post-partum.  Good luck with your decisions.