Has anyone else experienced Antenatal Depression?
By megs85
@megs85 (3142)
Australia
July 26, 2007 1:37am CST
I knew I was at a high risk to develop it, as it has only been fourteen months since I had my last child, and only about 6 since I came off the antidepressants.
So now I have it, and I don't even know what to write because I feel so scattered...
I feel like a failure, both as a mother and as a person. I feel like I'm alone.
Scrap all that, I dont know how I feel really, I just want someone to talk to. Someone who understands how I feel- or think I feel anyway, cause it keeps changing on me every four seconds...
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@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
26 Jul 07
I cant say i know what you're going through coz i've never had it but my SIL had it & she didn't want anything to do with her kids, it took until her 3rd baby for her to be able to hold, cuddle & kiss the little one. With the first 2 she had no real interest in them, which is sad.
Just curious, why did you come off the antidepressants if you had an idea they would make you so :( ?
My SIL also insisted that her younger sister would have it but apparently not, the younger sister is doing awesome apparently.
I guess maybe sometimes it just helps to have someone to talk to about it & how you're feeling at the time.
If the antidepressants made you feel better, could you go back on to them, it would sure beat having post-natal depression?
I wish you well & hope you can get yourself sorted out soon. xxx
@megs85 (3142)
• Australia
26 Jul 07
Thank you, you have no idea how much that helped.
I've got an appointment to see my gp tomorrow, and get the antidepressants again. When I came off them, I was feeling good, but having had pnd i had a 50% chance of getting antenatal depression. I suppose all the stress with my lil bro, and losing two of my triplets hasn't helped & initially i figured i was just reacting to those things...
I find the same thing as your sil, to a certain extent- i am starting to lose interest. Like i make sure he is fed, bathed, changed and safe, but emotionally im starting to detach.... and its such a scary helpless feeling...
@lucyem (120)
• United States
26 Jul 07
So terribly sorry about your loss! I would die if I lost a child I think... And I know what you mean about being emotionally detached. My son is welll taken care of, btu sometimes I just want to get rid of him and let someone else hold him and call him theirs. Yet I can't do it. I worry about him when he's with other people. A weird thing, this depression, that's for sure.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
26 Jul 07
Hey. I dont know exactly what your going through, but I do know, when my sister gave birth to her daughter, I couldnt understand why she was pushing her daughter away from her. Here was my sister just had a baby, gave me the impression, that she didnt want her baby or had no feelings for it... I asked her doctor what was wrong with her and he said to give her some time, that shes going through antenatal depression, and me not knowing what that was, thought she was just being stupid, and pawning her responsibility, but this is actually a form of depression that some mothers go through... My mom explain to me what it was all about, and today because of that, my mom kind of raised her baby until she was a 1 year old, and that baby has such a special bond with our mom... My sister is also close to her child now too and raises her the best she can, she wont settle for anything less... I wish you all the best with this...
