Hello. I have a friend who is suffering from post partum depression. I have never known anybody to go through this before. Is there someone who has who can maybe give me ideas of how I can help her?
I went through post partum with two of my boys. If she hasn't already, your friend needs to get to the doctor and get treatment. Post partum is a chemical imbalance in the body and it won't fix its self right away. There is no reason to be unhappy when there is help.
As a friend, being there for her is the biggest help. Whether by phone, visits or getting her out of the house when you have a day off.
Hope this helps!
A.
Hi there M.,
Well, your friend is very lucky to have you. How sweet that you are so concerned for her. ;)
It would be good of you to just be there to let her rant and rave when she needs to. She may find that she feels better if she can get it all out and have somebody to talk to about how she is feeling. If that is what you are already doing and you feel that is not enough, you might want to suggest she talk with her doctor. It is VERY normal for women to go through some kind of depression after birth. Our whole lives have changed. I for one ended up taking a Rx for a little while to help me. I'm sure that her doc can suggest some things she can do (with or without a Rx) to help her get back onto her feet again.
Good luck to you!
A good friend of ours suffered with Postpartum Depression. Her name is Sue McRoberts, and she authored "The Lifter Of My Head"; based on her journey coping and recovering from Postpartum Depression. I hope this helps.
S.
hi, i had depression back when i was trying to get pregnant with my son back in 2003 and suffered a panic attack and had to go through counciling ! went through a time where i didn't want to touch my husband or have sex so we had to go to counciling and worked it out and once i quit stressing out i got pregnant ! took exfexorer for 5 yrs and just recently got off of it a month ago ! she will be just fine it helped me out alot being on anixety medicine . i went from waking up in the mornings to not wanting to wake up and having no energy to do anything took anixety medicine even through my pregnancy ! have a son named seth who is 3 ! been trying for baby number two for a 1 and half ! going to go to the fertility doctor in februay !
J. fredde
we live in salina ks !
