You have decided that you have postpartum depression? Most likely, you are wrong. Many young mothers for postpartum depression take quite a different state, so scared, wind the self and "conserve" the problem, instead of quickly to cope with it and enjoy motherhood.
The saddest thing in this story is that postpartum "metamorphosis" can affect the baby. Let's see what young moms feel after birth, and when you really should be alarmed.
What's happening?
We think? Here dear, flowers, greetings, emotions fireworks to the baby - just like in the movies. In fact, postnatal scenario is different. Childbirth for the body - a tornado, tsunami. Simply put, the young mother is experiencing severe stress. In addition to pain, hormonal balance rolls over, so in the first days and weeks after birth mothers body gradually restored.
At this stage every mom difficulties with mood - disturbed pain, anxiety (and how now everything will be ?!), fatigue, irritability. And the most frightening - a certain coldness towards the crumbs. Feed him, wash, wear on the hands, but the outbreak of maternal size XXXXXL feelings all there... Mommy, note - this is the norm!
Color 3 "depression": blues, the blues and depression
In the first days and weeks emotions are famously "Runaround", because in labor had a very sharp rise of adrenaline, oxytocin and other hormones, and hormones are now gradually recovering, using such "helpers" like crying, oversensitivity, irritability, fatigue, "roller coaster" mood - sadness and depression alternate flashes of positive again melancholy envelops.
postpartum blues
This condition, which is characterized by all of the above symptoms will pass in a couple of weeks when my mother comes home from the hospital, arrange with your crumbs mode - feeding, walks, etc. A certain "coolness" to the baby that scares mom in the early days, explained: nature is now just spare the already shattered psyche birth mother from a very strong energy "Shocks". There would have time to wash away the elementary, swaddle and feed... If you perform these procedures, smiling baby, breastfeed him - you have everything in order.
IMPORTANT. After a couple of days at most weeks, hormones subside, you podnatoreete the intricacies of care, will have time to rest until the baby is asleep, and apathy to the crumbs will change the flow of tenderness and affection.
Postpartum blues
The same post-partum blues, only stronger and longer - lasting from 3 weeks to 2 months. Blues can catch too emotional, disturbing a woman, or if there were complications during childbirth, the treatment of which need to expend power and energy reserves.
Blues replaces the blues, if the woman in the first days and weeks after birth is very tired, not getting enough sleep or suffered any new stress. Help close, walking outdoors (very important splenetic young mother even half an hour a day, "grounded" - walk) opportunity to do hobbies, creativity - to embroider, knit, cook tasty and just sleep until the sweet slumber in a small crib angelok.
IMPORTANT.Spleen often subject to moms who have very little knowledge about caring for the crumbs - banal bathing podmyvanii, cleaning the navel, massage and other necessary procedures. Greatly undermined confidence mother and her affection for crumbs ignorance of the basics of breastfeeding - good attachment. Lack of milk, painful cracks in the nipple certainly will not add optimism mom ...
Postpartum depression
If the first two states - the blues and blues - you can cope on their own and with the help of relatives and friends, in the case of depression need a specialist. And the sooner, the better.
Postpartum depression - an illness. According to statistics, it is only found in 2-3 per 1000 pregnant women mothers. Most often it sneaks up on women who have had some kind of neurotic disorders before birth.
What are the symptoms of postpartum depression should alert:
• the main symptom of postpartum depression - permanently in a depressed state, which is exacerbated in the morning and evening;
• indifference to the child, the reluctance to care for him, feed him, even crumbs to approach and touch;
• as an option - an intense fear, panic in the presence of the child, the paralyzing fear of him harm;
• insomnia or, on the contrary, permanent residence in slumber;
• outbreaks of aggression towards others;
• loss of appetite (or excessive appetite);
• lack of a sense of joy, of interest to all the events and affairs, including those that were HOBBIES;
• hypochondria, search of non-existent diseases, constant worry about their health;
• inability to focus on the simple things, memory impairment (even amnesia);
• The emergence of hallucinations, obsessions;
• panic attacks with increasing pressure, tachycardia, profuse sweating.
If these symptoms are observed even in the early days-weeks after birth, the young mother needs professional help - a psychologist or psychiatrist, and care of the crumbs should take over Dad or Grandma.
IMPORTANT. Do not allow the situation to drift, they say, will pass by itself. Not threaded. On the one hand, it is dangerous to run this complex disease, which tend to worsen. On the other, in my mother's depression may experience obsessions and aggression aimed at the crumbs. It is better not to delay, especially since effective treatments are used to help mothers quickly return to normal.
