struggling with PPD
I gave birth recently to twin girls of 3/26. I've had depression all my life. I went off prozac about a year before we conceived. We did infertility treatments during that time. I also didn't take...
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Hello and welcome! You are NOT a horrible wife OR mother! I felt the SAME way you do now. I dont anymore, I am better now and one day you will be too. As for the house not biend clean, well you have...
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Thanks for sharing your story. I gave birth 6 weeks ago. I feel like I am in a black hole. We have a 4 and 5 year old as well. Sometimes I want to run away from home. I knew something was wrong with...
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Hello and welcome to you too. you are not weak to be dealing with PPD. You really need to talk to your doctor about it. The longer you wait for treatment the harder and longer it will be to get...
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Congrats on the little girls. I am glad that you found our site. Please know you are not alone and many have felt the same as you do. Society expects us to fall in love with our children on sight,...
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Welcome both of you, I cried the day after my c-section in the hospital and I knew it was PPD - yea, I thought if I said anything in the hospital, I'd be on special watch or something so didn't do...
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Hi Amy, I posted for the first time too today and I just want you to know that you are NOT a bad mother. If you were bad, you wouldn't come looking for help. So many people have told me that. I've...
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I really feel like the media and society makes the newborn period look like a beautiful wonderful thing. Guess what - even non-PPDers are stressed, dirty, tearful, disorganized just trying to get...
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yes, I've heard it at described as being in "survival mode" for those first few months - that's kind of all that can be achieved, making sure everyone survives
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Be brave! You are NOT alone. I did not have twins so I feel really ridiculous being stressed out with 1 child, but again, you are not alone. Giving birth is the biggest change in life-ever. I had my...
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i have an almost 3 year old daughter, and trust me, it does get better, im on zoloft.
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It is such a relief to learn that I am not the only one feeling this way about my newborn. I have past issues with anxiety and depression, so I knew I was at a much higher risk for PPD, but I still...
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Hello and welcome. Im glad you have some help for now and I hope they can hang around for a little while longer. continue to work with your doctors and they will find the right meds for you Heather
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