PPD or hormones...

KelJoSmith

I had my daughter on March 21st.. she was born early at 34w5d because I had preeclampsia. I had to be in the hospital for a little over a week prior to that because of the pre-e as well.. and then had to have an emergency c-section because I was at serious risk for becoming eclamptic. It was all a scary whirlwind.. on top of the fact that DD had to be in the NICU for a week.

So I was trying to heal from the surgery, drive 45 minutes every day to spend time with my baby, and then I developed a hematoma under my incision that put me in the hospital and caused me to have to have it drained twice and then pack and bandage it, which is still continuing now. All of this affected my once excellent milk supply, and now I cant even provide her with that.

I feel like my husband has lost interest in me because I was so dependent on him to do things like change my bandage and help me into my clothes and all the things that take away from a romance.. and now everything he does either makes me feel disappointed or heartbroken.

I love my daughter to death, and she is the one thing that I dont get upset with. Every other thing in my life though seems to be making me feel the way that my husband does.. and it doesnt help that I am still feeling pretty much awful after 6 weeks.

Please tell me what you think.. I dont want to believe that I could be depressed.. but I dont want to continue feeling the way that I am feeling either. Thanks.

 

okballet16

This exactly is what made me go on meds because I was just so depressed. I also had my DD at 34 weeks because of pre-e. I was in the hospital on bed rest before that and being in there for a week after I had her was pretty depressing. I was mostly sad because my FI left me when I was 4 months pregnant so I had to do all this alone.

Maybe it could be hormones but if you don't feel better soon then you should talk to your Dr.