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I just want to know if after giving birth to your child did you experience postpartum depression?


I hear alot of women who have experienced postpartum depression after giving birth. Some cases are severe and others subside. I was wondering has any ladies ever experienced postpartum despression if so how did you handle it.

after have my first daughter i didn't, but with my third child i had it bad, it scared me at first because people didn't talk about it as much as they do today. i cried a lot and i slept a lot too. the problem was i didn't know what was wrong and all my doc did was put me on vitamins and iron, because i had three young children 1 and 3 when i had my third everyone assumed it was just natural. but i new something was wrong with me i finally convinced my doc to put me on anti depressants which help a lot. so i would say today the best thing to do is talk to your doc and read as much about is as you can. following my doctors directions on coping really helped even if some of them sounded silly.
don't let it take you away it's just influence. you are fine.
With my first baby in 2000 I had it extremely bad. It was horrible. I cried all of the time over everything. Shut everybody out and stayed in bed all day and night. Locked the door ,turned off the phone and turned off the lights. Someone would offer to stay over night with me and I'd refuse but then cry becasue they left. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!!
It took me 8 months to get enough courage to go to my doctor but once I was in his office I broke down. He ran some tests and took some blood and I was diagnosed with a chemical imbalance that was triggered by my pregnancy.(depression) Anti-derpessants and 6 yrs later I still struggle some days with depression but had a 2nd baby in 2004 and never had a hitch!!!!
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