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by BobSaccamano-is-back on January 4th, 2007

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Can anyone explain the psychology behind postpartum depression? (I don't quite understand it, but then again, I can't get pregnant)

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  • by tjatherton on January 4th, 2007

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    When a woman becomes pregnant, her body goes through hormone changes to prepare for the new baby, this process is slow as the baby grows and requires different changes in mom's body,

    It is not so much psychological as chemical. After a baby is born the womans body goes through amazing changes with hormones and a whole body chemistry change somewhat immediately to reverse all that has taken place during the pregnancy, as well as to accommadate the feeding of the child which is all new hormones kicking in too. The depression can be mild or tremendously overwhelming, depending on the bodily changes taking place.

    This isn't technical but somewhat scientific and also from first hand experience with 4 kids...
    It is usually more noticable with the first child, but then the lack of sleep and total change in lifestyle can make depression intense.

    It might help alittle if kids came with an owners manual...haha

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  • by littl_foggy on May 4th, 2007

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    being pregnant is a hard feeling to describe and a hard feeling to get used to at first. it's like love butterflies in your stumach everytime you wake up. it's sharing your body with someone else and never realy being alone. I think this helps describe why we get postpartum depresion. for the first couple months after you give birth(have a miscarige or an abortion)you wake up in the morning with this empty lonly feeling like something is wrong. however for most woman all you have to do is reach over to the crib next to you and hold that cute little baby close to your stumach and it goes away(tell the next time you wake up). with miscarage or termanation this is hard the feeling of emptyness and lonlyness stays with you all day because there is nothing to fill that voyd. with some woman they look over and see that baby the feelings of stress add to the lonly and empty feelings and thats when post partum depresion gets bad. all the hormones leaving your body add to this and make every little thing emotional. post partum depresion is different for every woman I am just speeking from what I know from the miscarage of my first child, the birth of my son, and most recently a termination of pregnancy. I have experienced postpartum depresion with all 3.

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  • by Nom de guerre on January 4th, 2007

    Nom de guerre

    Swiped from wikipedia:

    * Prenatal depression, i.e., during pregnancy
    * Low self esteem
    * Childcare stress
    * Prenatal anxiety
    * Life stress
    * Low social support
    * Poor marital relationship
    * History of previous depression
    * Infant temperament problems/colic
    * Maternity blues
    * Single parent
    * Low socioeconomic status
    * Unplanned/unwanted pregnancy
    * history of genetic mental illnesses
    * substance abuse
    * former childbirth issues

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