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February 5th, 2009
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i am a first time mother to a six week baby girl. after the first two days i felt very low and didn’t feel close to her at all, i am starting to now but some days i just sit with her in my room and don’t want to get out of bed. is this just baby blues or something more? Hi hun just got this off the net for you. The first couple of days are hard work and it is common to get baby blues. I also have a 6 week old baby girl so if you want to talk email me jess_palmer18@hotmail.com Feeling ‘low’, ‘miserable’ and tearful for no apparent reason. These feelings persist for most of the time, though they may be worse at certain times of day, particularly the morning. Being unable to enjoy yourself. This may be particularly prominent in new mothers who feel that they are not enjoying having a new baby in the way they expected to. Irritability is common. This may be with other children, the new baby and particularly with the partner. Sleep disturbance is part of looking after a new baby. However in PND there may be additional problems of finding it hard to go to sleep even though you are tired, or waking early in the morning. Given that looking after a young baby means having less sleep than usual, it is no surprise that mothers often feel they have no energy. This can be even worse in mothers with PND. Appetite is sometimes affected, with mothers not being interested in food. This can be a particular problem since new mothers need all the energy they can get to look after their babies. Anxiety frequently occurs in PND. This may take many forms. It may be feeling tense and ‘on edge’ all the time. Normal concerns and anxieties that any mother feels for a new baby may become overwhelming. In addition mothers may experience ‘panic attacks’ which are episodes lasting several minutes when they feel as if something catastrophic is about to happen – such as collapsing, having a heart attack or stroke. These are extremely frightening but they get better on their own. Depression is often accompanied by feelings of being ‘worthless’ and ‘hopeless’. These feelings are common in PND. All mothers are faced with new and sometimes difficult problems with a new baby. However, mothers with PND feel all the more ‘not able to cope’ and unable to see a way through their difficulties. When people are depressed, they sometimes feel that there is no way out of their problems and that they, and their family, would be better off dead. Thoughts of suicide are therefore not uncommon. If you feel this way, it is important that you talk to somebody about how you feel, since there are ways out of your difficulties other than suicide. You should also be aware that your child would be at increased risk of developing mental health problems of their own if you do commit suicide. If you fear that somebody you know feels suicidal, take this seriously and try to talk to them about it. Talking about suicide does NOT increase the risk of the person committing suicide. Strongly advise the person to visit their doctor. |
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