Voting Question: Post Partum Depression? (Answers: 2) (Comments: 0)

My good friend doesn't want to hold her newborn or really care for her. She wants other people to do it. She had the baby Saturday and isn't home yet. What is wrong? Is it post partum depression? How do I help her?

Post partum depression? (Answers: 8) (Comments: 0)

Why is "post partum depression" and "medication" the first words that come out of someones mouth if they hear a woman talk about feeling depressed, or feeling down? I see questions on here about women who say they feel sad, tired, frustrated etc and automatically people respond by saying they have PPD and need meds. Can't some Moms just naturally feel the every day stresses of having a child? What is the difference between normal stresses and PPD?

post partum depression? (Answers: 7) (Comments: 0)

can dogs suffer from post partum depression and if so how can we go about making her feel better?

Post Partum depression....? (Answers: 6) (Comments: 0)

I have never really read much about post partum depression so I was just wondering if someone can tell me the basics about it? Also, can I be suffering from post partum depression 4 months after my daughter is born?

Post-Partum Depression? (Answers: 4) (Comments: 0)

How many of you suffered from post-partum depression,and what was it like? I suffer from post-partum myself.Just wondering how long it took some of you to get over it?

post-partum depression? (Answers: 4) (Comments: 0)

Can you get post partum depression even when u didn't give birth, but after you have a miscarriage.. The reason I ask is because i lost my bundle of joy at 12 weeks after two years of trying... i can't stop crying, i see a baby on TV and I cry.. all my TV shows i watch it is always having to due with a baby, a pregnancy, or something. I know it takes a while, but.. i feel like I have sever depression. I don't get dressed, i can't eat, i can't sleep... I don't know what to do anymore.... i dont want this to but a damper on my husband and I's relationship... I know it hurts him (the lost) but he doesn't show it as much as I do... i feel like I am dying inside.. like.. I cant live anymore... im shutting myself off from the world. i dont want my husband to touch me, especially my tummy, or my vagina, i can not concentrate, i feel unneeded in the world... I feel like a failure as a woman and a wife... i hate life right now. I was once a happy woman... now.. i just cant stand being on earth.

Post-partum depression? (Answers: 4) (Comments: 0)

I'm 5 months post-partum. And, ever since I ahd my daughter, I've just been really, really irritable. Like, i'm always mean. I don't mean to be or anything... I just am. And, I CRY A LOT! The smallest things trigger me to be sad, mad, or upset. My husband's cousin just found out she was pregnant. Now, I just hate her. I can't stand her. I'm jealous. I miss being pregnant. I don't wanna hate her, I just do! I can't really stand anybody being pregnant anymore... because I'm not. So I like REALLY cry when I think about her being pregnant. Ugh. I'm nervous to talk to my doctor about it. Does this sound like PPD? Also, would I go to my OBGYN? And say what?! What would she do? Send me to therapy? I have Medicaid. Idk if that covers it. I wanna be happier. But I just am so ashamed. I don't want anybody to look down on me and think I'm crazy! I don't want this to be on my "permanet record" for the rest of my life. I don't wanna be on suicide watch or have social services checking up on me. I DO NOT HAVE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR THINK ABOUT DEATH OR ANYTHING! I am just SOOOOO irritable now. Any ideas? Thanks! I also have a HARD time sleeping! And, it's caused a problem in my marriage, kinda. I mean, we just seem to fight a lot. And, I'M STARTING IT! He has done nothing wrong. He is so sweet and amazing. I just can't control it. I really don't wanna see a doctor. Really. I just don't know what to do...

Post-partum Depression? (Answers: 9) (Comments: 0)

I think I'm going through PPD. After a horrible pregnancy, my son was born 8 weeks early April 25th. He had a brief nicu stay and has been home since doing wonderful. He would be a week old now if he had been born at term. My marriage is on the rocks, we're seeing a mediation counselor for the marriage and possible separation. My daughter has entered the terrible twos, and she isn't that bad. I think that this depression is amplifying everything for me. I cry daily, I have thoughts of suicide, (which scares me), when my husband is home i am remind of what an awful person i am and how im a "waste of air" to quote him, I get maybe an hour of sleep at night and maybe if Im lucky and hour nap during the day... I've become just a very angry person to be around. I love my kids. I would never hurt them ever. I plan on going in next week if my husband will take me to see about meds. Am I a horrible mom for feeling this way.?Everyone is like your baby is healthy you should be happy.