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About a month after Karen Putz's second child was born, she began to realize something wasn't right. Putz, from Bolingbrook, Ill., remembers crying a lot and
being incredibly tired. "One afternoon, a friend that I hadn't seen in a long time came to visit and
I couldn't even keep my eyes open," says Putz. "I told her I needed to sleep,
handed her the baby and just conked out for an hour."
Putz's doctor told her she had the "baby blues." He was wrong. She was suffering from postpartum depression.
If you think you may be suffering from postpartum depression, don't try to fight it alone. |
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Putz's situation is not unusual. According to the American Psychiatric Association, anywhere from 10 to 20 percent of new moms suffer from moderate or severe postpartum depression. And postpartum depression impacts more than mothers. Recent studies show that when parents are depressed, their parenting behaviors may change, potentially leading to negative consequences for Baby, too.
As someone who has struggled with PPD with two of my children, I%u2019m glad Bryce had the courage to speak out. It took me awhile to get help because I felt so alone and like a bad mom and all sorts of things. It%u2019s such a hard feeling.
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I can't pin point the exact moment that I realized I had postpartum depression but the day that I knew I had it, I remember feeling like I wanted the baby to die, or me to die. I just didn't want to go through this again. I have 1 daughter that I love dearly and I don't want to deal with all the rest of this...I still sort of feel that way. The next day I went to see my doctor and was prescribed Zoloft. It's only been 2 days of taking the medication but now I don't have AS strong of feeling of misery. I can't wait to love my baby.
I think postpartum depression can be much worse in the winter months, with shorter days and cold weather to cope with. I recently read a really useful article, http://www.gurgle.co.uk/articles/Third_trimester/37089/Dealing_with_the_winter_blues_and_a_new_baby.aspx. Do have a read for some good advice.
I didn't realize I had postpartum depression until I was standing over the bassinet thinking that while I couldn't ever do it, I understood how some moms pick up a pillow and smother there child. It was the ugliness of the thought process that sent me into the next room where my mom was folding laundry.
Fortunately, my mom was staying with me and my husband for three weeks after the birth, and I had her to go to talk about scary feelings. She knew it was postartum depresison right away, and she was able to help me get the help I needed.
Talk to somebody. Don't let it go to the next level.
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