post partum depression?

lauroura · December 2010

are there any good online resources about symptoms of this? i've been feeling worse and worse emotionally each week since having E and I am not sure if it just because he is such a challenging baby or something bigger.

any thoughts on this subject?

Nanner · December 2010

I don't know if you remember magsnvegas, but she had PPD and I'm sure will talk openly with you about it.

Regardless of whether you have the label of "PPD," if you're feeling like you are, I would talk to your OB about it.

michellebelle · December 2010

Nanner:

I don't know if you remember magsnvegas, but she had PPD and I'm sure will talk openly with you about it.

Regardless of whether you have the label of "PPD," if you're feeling like you are, I would talk to your OB about it.

Agree about talking to the OB.

I had really bad depression after having M. But it was probably not just PPD. My SD left my mom after being together for 15 years. There was infidelity. It happened Easter after she was born January 4th. Then they tried to reconcile. Then split again. I was also having a hard time adjusting to my busy job and being a mom.

Ultimately, regardless of what caused it, I was sitting at my desk crying almost every single day. I couldn't focus, my job performance was falling apart. I couldn't get motivated and engaged in my job but I also only wanted to cry and cry and cry when I got home. I had a couple of meltdowns with DH too.

I went to counseling for some of the family stuff and when counseling alone was not cutting it, I got on antidepressants.

It took a few months to feel level again. Didn't help that I had to wean nursing and had a tremendous amount of guilt over that.

Any questions feel free to email me at nestiemichellebelle @ yahoo dot com. But page me to tell me I have mail. :-)

kjr · December 2010

Nanner:

I don't know if you remember magsnvegas, but she had PPD and I'm sure will talk openly with you about it.

Regardless of whether you have the label of "PPD," if you're feeling like you are, I would talk to your OB about it.

I agree - Mags would talk to you about it, definitely. And I would call your OB.

Hang in there!

kat.in.the.hat · December 2010

Talk to your OB, but go on and start asking your friends & family for a therapist to talk to as well. Your OB should also have a referral for you as your OB is pretty much just going to give you meds.

There's a support group at Texas Women's that meets Mondays, from 1:30 to 2:30 in classroom 150. You can bring your baby with you and they have a licensed counselor who specializes in PPD that heads up the group.

Also, do you have a friend that you can talk openly to about how you're feeling? I really, really, really struggled with anxiety and emotions and depression after Marion was born and it helped me beyond words to have someone I could say to, I feel like leaving Marion at the park and just driving off without her, and knowing that person wouldn't judge me and would help me work through it.

LisaK2b · December 2010

Talk to your OB and I believe Women's has a lot of good support groups (call the operator to get to the right person). I know they had social groups for antipartum bedrest ladies (tea time every Wed).

I wish I was brave enough when I had Emmy to admit that I had PPD. But I pretty much dealt with it on my own for over 7-8 months. It would have been a lot easier for myself and on my family/friends if I had just gotten help early on. And honestly...I didn't even know it was PPD until I heard Marie Osborne talk about it and I felt the exactly what she went through!

lauroura · December 2010

kat.in.the.hat:

Talk to your OB, but go on and start asking your friends & family for a therapist to talk to as well. Your OB should also have a referral for you as your OB is pretty much just going to give you meds.

There's a support group at Texas Women's that meets Mondays, from 1:30 to 2:30 in classroom 150. You can bring your baby with you and they have a licensed counselor who specializes in PPD that heads up the group.

Also, do you have a friend that you can talk openly to about how you're feeling? I really, really, really struggled with anxiety and emotions and depression after Marion was born and it helped me beyond words to have someone I could say to, I feel like leaving Marion at the park and just driving off without her, and knowing that person wouldn't judge me and would help me work through it.

not really. i don't have any close friends. i can talk to my mom but she thinks i should just get over it (not in a mean way but i dont think she truly understands what i am feeling).

i need to find a therapist here in lifkin...being so far away from everyone we know doesn't help i am sure.

thanks for the advice...i'll definitely give my ob a call

kat.in.the.hat · December 2010

send me an email please - nestiekatinthehat @ gmail

SigmundsGirl · December 2010

lauroura:
kat.in.the.hat:

Talk to your OB, but go on and start asking your friends & family for a therapist to talk to as well. Your OB should also have a referral for you as your OB is pretty much just going to give you meds.

There's a support group at Texas Women's that meets Mondays, from 1:30 to 2:30 in classroom 150. You can bring your baby with you and they have a licensed counselor who specializes in PPD that heads up the group.

Also, do you have a friend that you can talk openly to about how you're feeling? I really, really, really struggled with anxiety and emotions and depression after Marion was born and it helped me beyond words to have someone I could say to, I feel like leaving Marion at the park and just driving off without her, and knowing that person wouldn't judge me and would help me work through it.

not really. i don't have any close friends. i can talk to my mom but she thinks i should just get over it (not in a mean way but i dont think she truly understands what i am feeling).

i need to find a therapist here in lifkin...being so far away from everyone we know doesn't help i am sure.

thanks for the advice...i'll definitely give my ob a call

This was me exaclty. I'm not sure if I had PPD, but my hormones were all over the place and dealing with a high-maintenance baby takes a lot out of you physically and emotionally. I actaully started dealing with it much better after I went back to work and Evan was in daycare. As much as I hate to leave him, it has been better for everyone.

Definitely call your OB. I wish I talked about it more openly with mine.

aprilprincess · December 2010

kat.in.the.hat:

Talk to your OB, but go on and start asking your friends & family for a therapist to talk to as well. Your OB should also have a referral for you as your OB is pretty much just going to give you meds.

There's a support group at Texas Women's that meets Mondays, from 1:30 to 2:30 in classroom 150. You can bring your baby with you and they have a licensed counselor who specializes in PPD that heads up the group.

Also, do you have a friend that you can talk openly to about how you're feeling? I really, really, really struggled with anxiety and emotions and depression after Marion was born and it helped me beyond words to have someone I could say to, I feel like leaving Marion at the park and just driving off without her, and knowing that person wouldn't judge me and would help me work through it.

this totally. I had PPD bad, lucky (?) for me it runs in my family. so I could say the crazy stuff to my sister and not only not feel judged, but she would have her own story. It made me feel so much better. well that and lexapro. I actually had PD during pregnancy, not just after. I was on zoloft for the 2nd trimester (things evened out in the last trimester). After birth the zoloft might as well have been a sugar pill, but immediatly on taking lexapro I had a change. Def talk to your ob, they see this all the time so don't think they'll judge you for it.

also, if you want more people to talk to you can email me at claresinyai at yahoo.

postpartumprogress · December 2010

Try this list of symptoms from Postpartum Progress: https://www.postpartumprogress.com/weblog/2009/11/the-symptoms-of-postpartum-depression-anxiety-in-plain-mama-english-1.html

If you feel like you have some of the symptoms listed here and are past the first two weeks postpartum, give your doctor a call. PPD is temporary and treatable with help.

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