How to cope with postpartum Depression
For many women, pregnancy and giving birth to a baby is a divine feeling
and they feel excited, thrilled, relieved and ecstatic some times all at
the same time having gone through that process. But for many women, post
delivery depression and anxiety is pretty common. This is all the more evident
in modern city life where due to nuclear families, the support system is
not that effective and it is the woman who has to sacrifice her career at
least initially after the birth of the child. Many a woman feels irritable
and crying after giving birth and they also feel worse for their failure
to figure out why they feel so.
Following few factors will help you understand the process more objectively.
While they may not do away with all your post delivery blues, they will
certainly help you cope up with the same more effectively:
- Remember that you are not the first woman to have that feeling after
birth of your child. A large number of women have that feeling and they
feel disgusted thinking that they are the only ones who feel that way.
Statistics claim that as many as 90% of new mothers experience tearfulness,
feelings of sadness, anxiety and inexplicable mood swings in the first
few days after delivery.
- Do not indulge in over anxiety. Motherhood is a natural phenomenon
and lot of women have unreasonable fear of their inadequacy regarding
the way they feed their little ones or try to bond with them.
- The experience of becoming a new mother has been so romanticized
by the media and society in general, that a fairly common phenomenon
like postpartum depression comes as a rude shock.
- One possible scientific explanation for post delivery blues is the
sudden drop in hormones such as progesterone and estrogen levels after
childbirth.
- For many women, child birth is a road block at least initially in
their orderly routine and way of life. They can not go back to their
own free and carefree life styles and this causes uneasiness and irritation.
- While for many women, bonding with their new born is a natural phenomenon,
for many others, it is not that natural and that is why a feeling of
guilt and depression engulfs them. Remember you are not alone who has
to make efforts to bond with your child. Have patience and you are going
to have that selfless love and affection for your child very near in
future.
- For many women, the expectations of feeling joy and happiness after
child birth are so much that they sort of feel anti climax when they
are not able to reach the same level. Remember that you are neither
the first nor the last one who has decided to bring another life to
this planet. So take every day during that process as it is and do not
try to over exert your self.
- Post delivery blues can not be wished away in many cases, it is better
to cope with them rather than be in the false hope that every thing
is fine when it is not. Do not hesitate to take professional help if
things seem to go out of control and despite your best efforts, you
are not able to have a grip over your life.
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