Does depression effect all women after birth or only some?
Post partum depression only affects some women after they give birth. If it happens, it is imperative that you see your Dr. as soon as possible.
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From my understanding & what I have searched in the past, No, it does not affect everyone but it does effect a large majority. But this is very exspected of course, because having a baby is not only a very big physical but also a very big emotional change in your life.It is so hard to understand though, when you have a baby that brings so much joy, that anyone could feel depressed. I truley believe the guilt of feeling depressed during such a joyous occasion makes you feel even more depressed. Prayer & time with God always helped me through these times as I am sure it has others.
After I had my daughter, I couldn't figure out if my sadness and anxiety were the results of PPD or simply fatigue and the stress of dealing with and worrying about a new baby constantly. A friend who is an OB nurse suggested an excellent book called "This Isn't What I Expected." I found it very helpful in determining what was "normal" and what wasn't. It can still be found on amazon.com--http://www.amazon.com/This-Isnt-What-Expected-Overcoming/dp/0553370758/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566367&sr=8-1. I hope you will take a look; even more importantly, I hope it helps! Best wishes to you!
Depression is a serious condition that can impact every area of your life. It can affect your social life, your family relationships, your career, and your sense of self-worth and purpose. And for women in particular, depression is common.
http ://www .depression-doctor.com /depression-women.htm
No not ever woman gets depression after birth, and even people of the same family experience depression after birth while their siblings don't. You can also have it after one birth and not after another. There are many contributors to PPD, hormones life changing events, chemicals. There are also many levels of depression, the blues being the most common, then mild to moderate, then severe (which I had) then there is pyhcosis which being the worst. There are many great docotors out there now who have a truely great understanding of it, and the sooner you get help the better off you will be. I have however been told because I experience severe depsression, which turned into a clinical depression, my daughter has more than a 50% chance of experiencing it also....At elast I feel i can help her if it should happen since neither my sister, my mother or my mother in law knew what I was going though. And as someone else said I think the guilt of having depression when it is such a happy time in your life makes you feel even worse.
My partner dont love me she dont like anything about me except i know how to take care the kids, we had i first boy 2007 then she get pragnet again 2008 and new baby is three month may 2009. she really not want me anymore .she just going out party leave the baby with her mother dont even care i am worry i love her soo much i need help i think she is depressed!
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