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Had PPD bad after baby #1 and now expecting - worried

Texasbride109Texasbride109 member
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Having the PPD again scares me...will it happen again?
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Re: Had PPD bad after baby #1 and now expecting - worried

  • SwainbSwainb member
    I think if you've had it in the past, it is more likely. But on the other hand every pregnancy if different. But this time you know what to expect, so it might be easier. 
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  • rmaximrmaxim

    Me too. I was never officially diagnosed the first time around, but in the first couple months I kept reading books and articles online and the symptoms sounded more severe than what I had, so I figured what I felt was normal.

    The thing that made me realize it was not normal was when I finally emerged from it at around 9 months pp - then I started to notice people saying things like "these feelings aren't normal past a few weeks pp" and I realized it went on way to long for me.

    I definitely do not want to go through that again though, it was bad enough to make me not want to have more kids, and I didn't enjoy DS1's newborn phase at all. I want to enjoy my little girl this time around!

    Does anyone know anything about preventing it? I should probably talk to my doc... 

    Jude Wayne - Born 4/23/10 Violet Patricia - Born 12/5/12 Breastfeeding, baby-wearing work-at-home mom of 2 living in Rockville, MD
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  • SwainbSwainb member
    imagermaxim:

    Does anyone know anything about preventing it? I should probably talk to my doc... 

    My MW suggested that I take encapsulated placenta after the baby is born, the thought kind of grosses me out but I'll do anything to not head down that road again.  

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  • Bubsie1020Bubsie1020 member
    I am terrified double fold because I had severe post partum anxiety and my daughter had horrible colic/reflux/milk allergy.  I swear I thought I was going to lose it.  At my last appt. my doctor asked if I was thinking about having another baby and I told her no that I was terrfied of feeling like that again.  My doc said that there is only a slightly higher risk of the PPA and colic for previous sufferers.  I think it takes a very brave lady to give it another go around. I would think you'll be to more readily notice the signs.  You also know first hand that it will pass rather than just hearing it from everyone.
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  • UseonfireUseonfire
    I had severe PPD/PPA with my first (meds, hospitalization, the whole nine yards) and didn't with my 2nd.  I was quite nervous for it to return, but it never did.  Did I have a few days where I had some ups and downs that might have been beyond just normal baby blues? Sure. Did I have a few bouts with insomnia that scared the crap out of me? Definitely.  But I am living proof that each child causes a different hormonal reaction!
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