| POSTPARTUM VILLAGE | If you are suffering after giving birth, you are not alone The path to healing from postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, and other postpartum complications.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Postpartum Depression Can Effect Anyone. Hollywood Actress and New Mom Hayden Panettiere Seeks PPD Treatment
Postpartum depression can affect anyone from any sector of society. If you would like to read the article, see the link below via babble.com
Hayden Panettiere Seeks Help at Treatment Center for Postpartum Depression
Friday, October 2, 2015
Postpartim Depression and Exercise - Force Yourself
I was looking at some old emails and found this one I had written to someone at the 16 month mark of my severe postpartum depression. At that time, it felt like I was dangling off of a mountain, hanging by a thread.
"I joined a gym this week and did some hard core exercise. I feel better. The change is small but significant. It's the first 'lift' I have felt in 8 months. And they have a daycare as well."
If you are feeling super stuck in a postpartum depression, force yourself to get some hard exercise. I didn't want to do it but realized I would need to do a lot of things I didn't want to do if I wanted to dig myself out feeling like the living dead. And I had a dear friend who was really pushing me (and not letting up) which helped get me there. Let your friends help you by saying "yes" even when you feel like it is impossible.
My mantra was "As long as you are making the effort, God will never let you down." Find your own mantra and hold on to it.
My mantra was "As long as you are making the effort, God will never let you down." Find your own mantra and hold on to it.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Do I Have Postpartum Depression?
One of the reasons postpartum depression can go under the radar is that a new mother may think that how she feels is just how it is to be a mom. Often moms with PPD know that something is wrong and share how they are feeling with a health care practitioner and are told that is a normal part of adjusting to being a mom. The difference is that new mom adjustment passes but PPD just gets worse.
Also, if there has been no prior history of depression, a person may not be able to fathom that what is going on is indeed a depression and think they can just snap out of it.
Some of the symptoms I encountered were:
1. loss of appetite
2. lack of joy and pleasure
3. difficulty swallowing
4. difficulty sleeping
5. anxiety about my baby getting enough to eat
6. inability to make decisions like what to buy at the grocery store
7. feeling like a shell of myself
8. wanting to sleep all the time
9. disconnecting from friends and family
10. emotional numbness
It took me a long time to realize and accept that it was postpartum depression.
What symptoms have you experienced?
At what point did you realize you had postpartum depression?
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