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 | The Baby Blues - The ?baby blues? are common during the first few days after delivery, usually appearing on the third or fourth day. About one in every two new mothers experience some degree of the baby blues. Symptoms include crying for no apparent reason, irritability, impatience, restlessness, and anxiety. This is the most common and least severe of all postpartum reactions. |
| Postpartum Depression - To some degree Postpartum Depression effects one in ten new mothers. It can occur anytime within the first year after delivery. Symptoms include all symptoms of the baby blues plus nervousness, anxiety, sluggishness, exhaustion, sadness, hopelessness, appetite and sleep disturbances, poor concentration, memory loss, confusion, over-concern for baby, uncontrollable crying, lack of interest in baby, feelings of guilt or inadequacy, fear of harming self or baby. Symptoms may range from mild to severe. |
| Postpartum Psychosis - Postpartum psychosis is the most severe disturbance. It only effects about one in one thousand women. Symptoms include: all the symptoms of postpartum depression and insomnia, hallucinations, agitation and bizarre feelings and behavior. Symptoms are very exaggerated. Postpartum psychosis is a serious emergency and requires immediate medical attention. |
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Remember this is my opinion only and I?m not a doctor, I don?t pretend to be ? My kids have died due to this illness though.
Warning: Severe postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis will most likely not be diagnosed by nor recognized by the new mother. They will require an outsider, the Father ? parents ? friend - anyone, to intercede on her behalf. My children, Benjamin and Moriah, died due to their mother?s severe postpartum depression and/or postpartum psychosis and I had taken Bethe to the hospital on three separate occasions, the last being only three days prior to the tragedy. Bethe never believed that there was anything wrong with her before the tragedy (other than she believed she was a bad mother). One of the hardest parts for me is that I never ?diagnosed? Bethe as depressed. Bethe?s most noticeable symptom is not even listed. It was that she could not communicate adequately ? a sure sign that she was not thinking clearly either. If you know anyone with these symptoms, you must act on their behalf and get help. Trust me that it is better to risk being hated and have nothing happen than to have both of your children die.
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