Pregnancy and postnatal depression

Pregnancy and postnatal depression

Depression is one of the most often meeting complications during and after pregnancy. Depression can be moderated and not too serious then it will be enough simple to receive medical treatment at the psychotherapist and to spend on drink course of treatment by medicines. However if depression of the woman has serious threats to its health and health of its kid it is necessary to accept more decisive steps: both medicamentous treatment, and supervision at the psychotherapist.

Women who suffer strong menstruation a syndrome, usually suffer and from postnatal depression. Mothers with postnatal depression, certainly, love the newborn kids, but feel insufficiently good mothers.

There is a large quantity of the reasons why pregnancy can plunge the woman into depression. Intense expectation of sorts and hormonal changes in an organism - here two major factors which cause depression which, in turn, can cause chemical changes in a brain of the woman.
Happens also such, that the depression reason cannot be established.

Sometimes level of hormones of a thyroid gland strongly goes down after sorts. Low level of hormones of a thyroid gland can cause various signs of depression, including irritability, sharp differences of mood, weariness, problems with a dream, appetite changes, weight loss, evil thoughts, a groundless panic or anxiety, and also difficulty of concentration of attention. The blood analysis will help to establish, whether is the problem of a thyroid gland the reason of depression of the woman. If it proves to be true, after sorts to the woman thyroid gland course of treatment is appointed.

Categories of postnatal depression

Differences of mood, change in a body of the woman after sorts, etc. factors are classified in three basic categories - "a syndrome of mummy", a postnatal psychosis and postnatal depression.

1. "The syndrome of mummy" is most widespread "consequence" of sorts at newly appeared mothers. It takes place within first several days after pregnancy. At "a syndrome of mummy" women can feel at first too happy, and then excessively suppressed - all it accompanied by inexplicable crying. However this strange syndrome passes usually in couple of weeks, even without intervention of medicines and the psychotherapist.

2. The postnatal psychosis happens all at one of 1 000 newly appeared mothers. It is the most serious type of mental frustration after pregnancy which causes inadequate behaviour, hallucinations, illogical thoughts and statements on the newborn child. In connection with similar symptoms at the given mental frustration immediate treatment and constant supervision is required.

3. Postnatal depression has more serious symptoms, than "a syndrome of mummy" and amazes a considerable quantity of women (approximately 15 %) after sorts. Unfortunately, signs of postnatal depression are not easy for defining, as the majority suppressing them is similar to absolutely normal changes in behaviour of mother after pregnancy and sorts.

Postnatal depression: the prevention and treatment

Many women are ashamed to speak to whoever was how they feel during and after pregnancy, being afraid of that will consider them as bad mothers. In such situation it is very important to understand, that you should not bear on yourselves all weight of negative emotions and negative thoughts - it is better to share that you test with other women who feel the same.

Some female groups and the organisations offer so-called group therapy for the aid to women with postnatal depression. So they help to overcome each other difficulties and to feel better.

Any kind helps with similar cases to "colloquial therapy". If you prefer consultation of the psychologist, the doctor or the social worker can show the initiative and ask them, how to learn to operate mood, emotions and how to direct thoughts to a positive channel.

Some doctors recommend to accept energizers to reduce symptoms of postnatal depression. Do not forget to consult with the doctor concerning all pro and contra acceptances of energizers during feeding by a breast. Your doctor will help you to choose the corresponding approach to the problem permission, approaching and to you, and your child.

If you have decided to accept medicines during feeding by a breast you should a thicket have a rest. Ask to do other members any time for you some work on the house. It will allow you to reduce the pressure connected with occurrence of a new member of a family.

Remember: you should not spend time one - please yourself with massage in spa-salon. Indulge itself is will lift your self-estimation which has considerably fallen in view of depression more. Share that, how do you feel with the partner in life and if council and the help with the child is required to you, talk to mum.

Pregnancy should be a pleasant condition always. The period after pregnancy should be executed still the big pleasure. But if all of you feel oppressed without the visible reasons on that it should not be a shame to you. We assure you: it is quite normal period in a life of the woman.