PPD

If you have/had PPD, what do you do when you just need a break and can't get one? I don't even know how to put it, but I need to get away from this baby, and I can't.

I would just put my son in his crib and close the door for a few...I'm not a fan of cio but better then getting so angry you shake him or something   I had PPD with my second child. Its hard. I'm here if u need to vent.

Can you walk out? Just for like a couple of mins?

Put the baby to sleep and go in the other room or take a nice warm bath. Or can someone watch the baby to give you alone time?

Quoting *Momlette*:" I would just put my son in his crib and close the door for a few...I'm not a fan of cio but better then ... [snip!] ... then getting so angry you shake him or something   I had PPD with my second child. Its hard. I'm here if u need to vent."

I do that when I really need to. But it's getting to the point where I feel like I want to leave the country for a week.

Quoting FaithLovesBaby:" I do that when I really need to. But it's getting to the point where I feel like I want to leave the country for a week. "

Have you asked ur doc for meds? I felt so bad because I didn't feel attached to my son. I knew I loved him but I was so mad at him when he would cry and I didn't want to be around him...you will work through it I promise.

You don't have anyone that would watch him? It may feel like you want to run away for a week(I had this EXACT feeling for the past few days) but what you probably need is just an hour or 2 to feel like a normal human and not be on auto-pilot to crying.

Quoting *Momlette*:" Have you asked ur doc for meds? I felt so bad because I didn't feel attached to my son. I knew I loved ... [snip!] ... I loved him but I was so mad at him when he would cry and I didn't want to be around him...you will work through it I promise."

That's exactly how I feel. I was on Zoloft before I got pregnant, and it worked. I tried it again after she was born and it did nothing but make me gain weight, so I stopped taking it. I'm trying to get in to a doctor or a therapist, but it's hard when my family just thinks I'm lying for attention or don't want to take responsibility for my child.

Quoting Supafly★:" You don't have anyone that would watch him? It may feel like you want to run away for a week(I had this ... [snip!] ... past few days) but what you probably need is just an hour or 2 to feel like a normal human and not be on auto-pilot to crying. "

My nana could watch her while I take a walk, but it's pretty cold outside. I don't drive and I have no where I could go.

Quoting FaithLovesBaby:" That's exactly how I feel. I was on Zoloft before I got pregnant, and it worked. I tried it again after ... [snip!] ... therapist, but it's hard when my family just thinks I'm lying for attention or don't want to take responsibility for my child."

Don't pay them any mind. You know how you feel is real. I tried zoloft but that smurf made me crazy and I eventually went off of it. I worked through it on my own but there may be a med that works better for you. I'm sorry your family doesn't realize PPD is a very real thing.

Quoting FaithLovesBaby:" My nana could watch her while I take a walk, but it's pretty cold outside. I don't drive and I have no where I could go. "

Maybe not right now, but set something up where you could go out with friends or shopping or something and have your nana watch the baby. Just the fact that you have a plan to baby-free may help since it gives you something to look forward to.

Quoting *Momlette*:" Don't pay them any mind. You know how you feel is real. I tried zoloft but that smurf made me crazy ... [snip!] ... it on my own but there may be a med that works better for you. I'm sorry your family doesn't realize PPD is a very real thing."

How long after LO was born did you get over your PPD?

I went away for a night when I got really bad. But I felt horrible and missed her so much. After that, her crying etc didn't seem to bother me so much because I realised how much I needed her...

Quoting Supafly★:" Maybe not right now, but set something up where you could go out with friends or shopping or something ... [snip!] ... nana watch the baby. Just the fact that you have a plan to baby-free may help since it gives you something to look forward to. "

I might be able to talk my mom into taking the baby out for a while this weekend. I always feel so guilty when someone watches her, because they already think I'm just too lazy to take care of her

Quoting Ellie Shikari:" I went away for a night when I got really bad. But I felt horrible and missed her so much. After that, her crying etc didn't seem to bother me so much because I realised how much I needed her..."

I think that's what I need. I need to be away from her when I don't want to be, instead of just long enough to breathe.