re: Post Partum Depression (PPD)

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Deleted. Thanks for everyones advice/support.

Hang in there, and if after a week you aren't noticing any difference, or you are feeling worse contact your doctor asap. Your SO should be keeping a close eye on you too; and get some help...have your mom come over, have a friend come over. If you are breastfeeding, pump and have someone else give her a bottle 1x day; some say no bottles for the first 6 weeks (nipple confusion), but when I was having a hard time in the first 6 wks, the one bottle a day saved my sanity and gave me a break. Hang in there, take deep breaths, and ask for help from family and friends.

I had my daughter 10 days ago and these past 4 or 5 days I just haven't been myself. I've been crying all the time 2 or 3 times a day. I feel like I have no one to talk to at all. That no one will understand me. I have even gotten to the point where I just don't feel like living anymore. A lot of problems are going on right now with my boyfriend's family&mine. His dad is wanting a DNA test still and he called my dad and he said "how do you know your daughter was a virgin when she had sex?" Pissed my dad off to no end and cussed him out. But his dad was saying that he wants the DNA test because he doesn't know me well but he wouldn't make my boyfriends brothers girlfriends have DNA tests done because he knows them. I would never have cheated. His dad is just making me feel completely worthless& I'm thinking so lowly of myself. I just don't know what to do. I almost started cutting but I stopped myself. I just have never felt like this my entire life. I'm hardly eating either. I don't know if this is PPD or what's going on. Shold I mention how I feel to my doctor at me 6 week check up or what?

Quoting Savannah_Banana:“ I had my daughter 10 days ago and these past 4 or 5 days I just haven't been myself. I've been crying ... [snip!] ... either. I don't know if this is PPD or what's going on. Shold I mention how I feel to my doctor at me 6 week check up or what?”

If you're not feeling better, I'd just call them now. There's no need to wait until your 6 week check up. You dont feel like hruting your daughter right?

Does anyone know if it is typical to get PPD when your baby is 5 months old? I have had zero issues until recently. There has been a lot of stress and other things going on in my life, but the past few days I have had a hard time dealing with my baby. I've found myself crying and exhausted and laying her in her crib letting her fuss and just feeling angry when I am exhausted and she won't go back to sleep early in the morning. Idk how to even explain ow I've been feeling really, but just wondering if it is common to have PPD not set in until 5 months PP?

Quoting "The Boob" [HM]:“ Does anyone know if it is typical to get PPD when your baby is 5 months old? I have had zero issues until ... [snip!] ... how to even explain ow I've been feeling really, but just wondering if it is common to have PPD not set in until 5 months PP?”

I was just talking to my doctor about this the other day... It can set in ANY time. Usually not after a year, but she said she's seen women who've had it until their child was like 2 years old. It wasn't just depression because it was towards their child. I'm sorry you're feeling like that though. Trust me things will get better. Do you have a support person? To help you when you're feeling like that?

Quoting Kyra's Mommy-Jason's Wife:“ I was just talking to my doctor about this the other day... It can set in ANY time. Usually not after ... [snip!] ... like that though. Trust me things will get better. Do you have a support person? To help you when you're feeling like that?”

I'm going through a really tough time myself.....My SO is living in another state right now so he can't help at all until we are back living together. I have crazy family members throwing me out on the street whenever they feel like it. I recently had to go to a shelter with the baby for 4 days where I basically wasn't allowed to breastfeed a lot of the time because somebody was "offended" by it. (I am currently seeking legal action on that). I never know where I will be the next day. And now after 5 months, I feel like she is traumatized by being moved around so much. She has been not letting me sleep for like the past 3 days...idk why..maye her teething. And I find myself just frustrated and resentful about needing to care for her! And it's never been like that before so idk what it is. I've been crying and my SO feels lie shit because he isn't here to help.

I think I have PPD and I can't go to the doctor until monday.   

I'm 5 weeks pp and wondering if I should ask for something at my 6 week checkup. I don't have the worst symptoms of PPD like harmful thoughts and frequent crying. But I do just feel really blah. Like I have no interest in showering, brushing my teeth, getting dressed, etc. I hate the idea of leaving the apartment because it's such a hassle. Sometimes I really don't feel like holding Ziggy because it's really physically tiring for me. And I get really frustrated (like cursing and near crying) because I still have bad tailbone pain which makes it painful to sit and nurse. I also HATE how I look and that feeling gets worse every day instead of better.

So is this all normal and I should just deal with it? Or should I ask my doctor about treating it? Thanks in advance.  

Quoting Star1984:“ I'm 5 weeks pp and wondering if I should ask for something at my 6 week checkup. I don't have the worst ... [snip!] ... So is this all normal and I should just deal with it? Or should I ask my doctor about treating it? Thanks in advance.  ”

definately talk to your doctor. I didnt start the frequent crying for a while and now I wish I would have realized it all sooner so that I could have had those moments with my son that you can never get back. If anything else, your doctor can diagnose your condition as PPD or not. Good luck mama let us know what happens

Quoting Star1984:“ I'm 5 weeks pp and wondering if I should ask for something at my 6 week checkup. I don't have the worst ... [snip!] ... So is this all normal and I should just deal with it? Or should I ask my doctor about treating it? Thanks in advance.  ”

your avi reminds me of my friends son  

Quoting Celly'sMama*EBFB*HM*BBM*:“ definately talk to your doctor. I didnt start the frequent crying for a while and now I wish I would ... [snip!] ... get back. If anything else, your doctor can diagnose your condition as PPD or not. Good luck mama let us know what happens”

Thanks! And yeah, they do look a bit alike, lol.

Quoting Star1984:“ Thanks! And yeah, they do look a bit alike, lol.”

np. I def. want people to be able to benifet from my experiences.

I'm glad that I seen this. After I had my son I suffered with ppd real bad. It was hard for me to feel that connection with him. Most soon to be mothers have thier whole nine months to prepare for their baby and "get to know" their baby, but not me I found out that I was pregnant about a month before my due date. So when I had my son, I didn't feel that connection, I didnt want to be with my son in the hospital, everytime I would look at him I would cry, even the thought of adoption came up a couple of times in my head. I was extremely emotional. I also had a c-section and got really sick a couple days after, so I was in the hospital for a while which made things a whole lot worse. I was very depressed. So my doctor prescribed me prozac, and its helping me alot. My son is already a month old, and I feel that connection with him, and I couldn't imagine my life without him. Post Partum Depression is a very hard thing to go through, and yes I did feel like the worst mom ever, but I really wasn't. And that thought hurt me the most. But if anyone needs some one to talk to, I'm here.