re: Post Partum Depression (PPD)

Quoting MamaNatasha:“ it is! I feel like I'm faking it a lot. I do get happy, but not as happy as I should be.”

i know, i feel like i have to force laughing.
and i dont want my boyfriend to touch me, ever.
i feel bad for him.

Quoting MamaNatasha:“ being a sahm I think is making it worse. I feel like I have cabin fever.”

me to, i used to be out every night.
and now, i have no friends and i sit at home watching maury all day.

Quoting MamaNatasha:“ being a sahm I think is making it worse. I feel like I have cabin fever.”

!!! I'm going through the same thing! I feel selfish cause I know alot of women would kill to stay at home. But it's frustrating. And then on the weekend when vaughn is home I get upset if he doesn't spend all his time off with me. Which is selfish, but I feel like I need to be entertained or something. I dont know if that sounds weird.

I feel ya, and then even talking about it now I feel guilty that I don't appreciate my miracle enough.

Quoting Dinca:“ !!! I'm going through the same thing! I feel selfish cause I know alot of women would kill to stay ... [snip!] ... time off with me. Which is selfish, but I feel like I need to be entertained or something. I dont know if that sounds weird.”

it doesn't sound weird at all. That's exactly how I feel.

this thread is already making me feel better. I don't feel so isolated in this.

Quoting MamaNatasha:“ it doesn't sound weird at all. That's exactly how I feel. this thread is already making me feel better. I don't feel so isolated in this.”

I never talked about it cause I thought I would be critisized. I feel better knowing I'm not alone. brb duty calls! lol time for a booby feeding

I need to actually head to bed. But I will be on here tomorrow for sure. hopefully this thread doesn't get lost in ffa!


peace and love!

Morning ladies!

this is something that almost everyone in my family deals with, my cousin commited suicide last year from hers and not having anyone to go to

i deal with it daily and i no i do, the worst part about it is not having anyone to talk to that will listen.

i love my little girl i really do, but there are times when i look at her and feel completely disgusted with her and its horrible, i have no energy at all and half the time i dont even feel like playing with her or taking care of her but i do it because i no i love her deep down and i would never do anything to hurt her

Quoting alyssa (blonder313):“ this is something that almost everyone in my family deals with, my cousin commited suicide last year ... [snip!] ... playing with her or taking care of her but i do it because i no i love her deep down and i would never do anything to hurt her”

well you don't have to be alone dear, that's why I started this thread!
We are all here for you! Have you thought about getting on medicine or starting therapy?

aw i don't have PPD (obviously lol) but i just wanted to stop in and say all you ladies going through this will be on my thoughts!

i don't know if any of you remember my friend cara (the stripper) that was on here. she got PPD really bad and thats why she never came back to gaga. poor girl.

*hugs* for all of you!  

when i first had her it was really really bad so i went to the dr and we talked about it but we both desided it was probably worse since i was alone and my boyfriend was so far away and that when we moved closer things would get better, well they did for a little while, not totally but bareable now im at the point where i just scream at him for no reason when he doesnt help me and over the littlest things, he just doesnt understand. i have no friends, no one to talk to about how i feel ( i talk to him but thats like banging your head on a wall) and i stay home all day and night, i times we can get a baby sitter and can go out he always just wants to stay home, it feels pointless sometimes

Quoting ☆★☆:“ aw i don't have PPD (obviously lol) but i just wanted to stop in and say all you ladies going through ... [snip!] ... that was on here. she got PPD really bad and thats why she never came back to gaga. poor girl. *hugs* for all of you!  ”

oh no, is she doing better now? poor girl! and thanks for stopping in lady!

Hi everyone. I posted recently about PPD. I got it after i stopped breastfeeding, my daughter is almost 5 months and up until a few weeks ago, everything was fine. I am sooo tired all the time and that makes it even harder to take care of my daughter. Not to mention I am a single mom so there are many days in a row that I am alone all day and night. Her father is starting to take her overnight on fridays, which will help. I love love love my daughter and I think part of the reason I was/am so scared about telling people is because I am afraid they will think i dont love my daughter, am a bad mom, or am like andrea yates or something. My life hasnt always been the eaisest and I have made alot of bad decisions in my life and I always worry about the "told you so" about having her....like once again, I screwed up in my life and now it is affecting someone else. I think the worst part of PPD for me is the guilt. I feel incredibly guilty about it, being a mom is the most important job i will ever have and i feel like i am failing. I don't know about all of you, but some days aren;t that bad and then i think, well maybe i dont have ppd...then other days are just awful. it sucks. I have no desire to go out with friends, meet new people, anything. i have been depressed in the past ( i had a serious eating disorder) and this feels so different. i have ALOT of anxiety too, panic attacks..the works! i think anxiety is so much worse and harder to deal with than depression. i tried meds and it made me NUTS! so i stopped them and am now going to try a natural approach of fish oil supplements and vit b. I am really scared of meds anyway. Sorry so long, i understand how you are all feeling and wish you the best.

Quoting MamaNatasha:“ oh no, is she doing better now? poor girl! and thanks for stopping in lady!”

she's just now starting to feel better. i didn't even realize she was suffering from it until she told me recently! i figured she was just busy but everything was fine. i guess she said she wouldn't change diapers or feed her daughter or do anything. she would just sit there and cry because she felt like a bad mother & her boyfriend would do everything. it made my heart hurt that i didn't even hae a clue. some friend i am.