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July 2014 Moms
BB/PPD/PPA Ongoing Thread
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Re: BB/PPD/PPA Ongoing Thread
@kweaver123 I'm glad you got help. Hopefully you start feeling better soon. I would definitely check out the support group.
I'm still doing about the same. I've been on zoloft for almost a week and haven't noticed any changes yet. I have however gotten some of the side effects of the medicine. Nausea, upset stomach, (TMI) diarrhea, and I've been horribly tired. I'm hoping those will all wear off and I'll start feeling more like myself soon.
7 weeks PP, 5 weeks on a higher does of Paxil, 2 weeks on my own with the baby during the day:
I'm doing so much better. I feel like I've got a handle on life and taking care of this baby. It really feels completely different and I'm so glad. It also helps that DS is a little older, sleeping better at night, and has started smiling at me.
I hope you gals have success stories to share, but if not, let us know so we can keep supporting and praying for you.
Glad so many of you are feeling more like yourself!
As for me, I'm 5 weeks PP and I've been on Prozac for 4 weeks. I feel better, but I'm still not quite myself. I still cry at least once a day and I'm still quite anxious about her sleeping.
I've also been seeing a PPD specialist for the past three weeks. She is very helpful and I feel like I'm able to be honest with her.
That bond is still not there. I still feel like we're strangers. With DH back at work, I've been home with her alone and it's been fine, but I still don't feel like myself or that we are growing closer.
I just want to feel better. I have an appointment with my PCP to follow up and I have a feeling we'll up my meds. I would love to have a connection to DD, and I am trying to be positive that it will come, but it's been hard.
I struggle some when LO cries and I can't figure out how to calm her. After an hour or so I usually start crying and my poor husband will wake up to put us all back together (yes, I have a night owl when the crankies hit).
I'm waiting to get to the reward of smiles soon. I think that will keep me going!
To make things worse Grayson was on similac alimentum and just got switched to neocate infant which is SUPER expensive (50$ for 14oz can) and he goes through a can in 2 days. He's also still having problems with throwing up, gas, and excessive crying. At his last appointment on Wednesday, we got sent straight to the hospital for an emergency ultrasound. She thought he had a blocked pyloric and if he did he would have had emergency surgery. Luckily he didn't but now he has to see a GI. Ugh
Plus mom of the year award: had him in his swing unbuckled and heard him crying at 4 am. Kept telling him to relax, got up, and he turned himself sideways feet dangling off the side, and head turned to his shoulder stuck.
Still waiting for this to get better. Hope everyone is doing okay!
How are you feeling @emy730
Edited: autocorrect fail
Can you get insurance reimbursement for it? I was looking on their website and certain states offer them. I hope you are able to get some help with it.
Do you feel like the Zoloft is helping? I hope it is.
They upped my dosages and I'm feeling quite a bit better. I still have a lot of anxiety, but I feel like I can manage it much better. I'm still very afraid that those awful PPD/A feelings will reemerge, but I'm trying to work on that in therapy.
Feel free to PM any time if you need to vent or talk to someone.
I just spoke to my insurance today and they said I need to fill out paper work and fax it back in then they have to approve it before the will reimburse me.
I don't really feel like the zoloft is helping. I'm still having a ton of breakdowns and feeling worthless and helpless. It's horrible. DS has to go to Lurie children's hospital in Chicago tomorrow to see a GI specialst, and seeing him like this definitely isn't helping. I'm hoping they will figure out what's wrong and we can help him so I can help myself.
Thank you, you can PM me also.
I'm glad others are feeling better. I'm doing well myself. I know my case was BB as it was with DD #1, but I love seeing how so many girls are starting to turn a corner with help.
One weird thing about me... I'm still trying to have that bond with DD #2. I remember it taking a long time with DD #1, but this is just weird to me. She does have a bit of a personality now but when she's cranky or needing a ton of attention I look at her like, "really?" instead of, "Oh, momma's baby. It's ok!" I hate being slow to bond. It makes me feel so abnormal. Other friends seem head over heels for their newborn. Worst feeling.
I mean, I love him, but he wasn't that much fun, y'know?