M.,
I don't believe the emergency room is the place for you. They only deal well with trauma, blood, accidents, etc..
Have you tried looking into a state run facility that works your payment fees on a sliding scale that is based on your income? If your insurance is in Alabama and your alternative is Milwaukee. Milwaukee is really not that far depending on where you live in Illinois and is a much better alternative than traveling say to the city of Chicago.
I too had postpartum after my daughter was born 7 years ago, I called my OBGYN and they asked if I was suicidal (I told them no, I had a newborn to care for), so their approach was only to deal with it if someones life was in imminent peril.
I find it hard to believe that your shrink can't find an alternative to your Zoloft that won't interfere with your breastfeeding, maybe a second opinion from a different shrink?
I wonder if your ex-husband and mine are friends, my ex succeeded in using my manic depressive disorder(and getting help for it) against me in court and won. Seems to me they would be happy to see that a person is taking care of problems like ours and see it as a positive thing instead of using it to take our children from us. And how would your ex-husband know about this and your treatment unless you needed to commit yourself to the psych ward to get your meds and your mind leveled out.
Glad to hear that you have a wonderful, supportive husband that helps you combat the elitist ex.
As to your question about hypnosis, I just don't know and I do accupuncture for chronic neck and back pain (too many motorcycle crashes) but I haven't tried it for post partum.
There are two very good accupuncturist that I know of, one is in Libertyville and the other one is in Lake Geneva, WI.
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Good Luck to You!