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Mar 15, 2011

Ten mistakes about postpartum depression

Myth 1: postpartum depression is very normal – all new mothers are fatigue and depression


Positive solutions: new mothers often feel tired and weak. They may be experiencing a period called \"baby syndrome\" spiritual progress. Women with this syndrome are tired, not energy. However, postpartum depression is a feeling of intense, psychological obstacles of long duration. Postpartum depression\'s mother may not want to play with their babies. She might find it difficult to concentrate, can\'t give the baby a sufficient warmth and care. She would feel guilty.


Myth two: If you\'re after delivery, did not immediately suffer from postpartum depression, then you will not suffer from it.


Positive solutions: postpartum depression will attack at any time within 1 year after delivery.


Myth three: postpartum depression will recover for illness without medical help.


Positive solutions: \"baby syndrome\" will probably last 4 weeks, and automatic recovery. But postpartum depression and other diseases, is almost cannot recover without treatment. But the good news is that there are many ways to cure this disease.


Myth four: women suffering from postpartum depression will be abusive.


Positive solutions: postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are different. Postpartum psychiatric disease may pose a threat to life, they may be child abuse or child abuse. If you feel with this psychological tendency, then immediately to family and doctors for help.


Myth five: postpartum depression will look in patients with depression, stopped to look after themselves.


Positive solutions: you cannot simply from a person\'s appearance will see if she is in patients with postpartum depression. In patients with postpartum depression may look no different from ordinary people. She will try to make themselves look very polished and hard good makeup and the like. Through the modification made to the appearance to transfer her inner pain.


Myth six: mother with postpartum depression are not is a good mother.


Positive solutions: postpartum depression will not be any woman into dereliction of her mother.


Myth seven: what must have done the wrong thing, will suffer from postpartum depression.


Positive solutions: suffering from postpartum depression, not anyone\'s fault. Nothing can prevent the depression.


Myth eight: make up for sleep, you can recovery from postpartum depression.


Positive solutions: while sleep is important for patients with postpartum depression, but sleep alone cannot cure postpartum depression.


Myth nine: when women enter when breastfeeding, they can\'t take antidepressants.


Positive solutions: survey found that children from the possibility of eating to antidepressant drugs in breast milk is very small. When patients with postpartum depression need when taking antidepressants, her doctor will carefully select the best able to help her drug, drug and will not harm the baby.


Myth ten: pregnant women or who have had experience of delivery the woman is not a State.


Positive solutions: pregnancy or childbirth experience does not guarantee that the woman is not suffering from depression. In other words, pregnancy does not help fight depression of women, and in fact, women who are pregnant are more likely to feel depressed.



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