https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:06:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-409527 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:06:41 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 409527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: went through exactly the same thing. Thank God for pumps:) feeding was our #1 source of anxiety and stress </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408978 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:23:28 +0000 yoursilverlining 408978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Symptoms – excessive crying, feeling that I wasn’t bonding with LO at all, overwhelming desire to run away, just leave, etc. I thought I had PPD since I felt like what I was feeling was “not normal”. My OB confirmed that I had PPD, and that PPD is very common.</p> <p>Treatment – counseling and anti-depressants </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408966 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:16:14 +0000 winniebee 408966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a pretty bad case of baby blues until my son was 6 weeks old. It was primarily related to the fact that he was low birth weight, breastfeeding was difficult, and I was always stressed about how much he was eating. I cried almost every day for awhile. Once I started exclusively pumping and bottle feeding at 6 weeks, I felt much much better. Great, actually. So, I'm not sure if I actually had PPD or if it was just stress related to feedings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408957 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:10:18 +0000 LivsMama 408957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@duckduckkristen: I had PP Anxiety too. I never knew it existed until I had it. It was freaking brutal </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408928 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:51:08 +0000 duckduckkristen 408928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have depression, but I had horrible anxiety. I was always afraid of something terrible happening (tornado, earthquake, someone breaking in the house and killing us, getting into a car accident) and I just couldn't handle living in fear. I saw a therapist who suggested meds, but I didn't want meds so we just did talking therapy and after about 5 sessions I felt much better. She gave me the Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook which also helped a lot. I wasn't even aware there was such a thing as postpartum anxiety! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408854 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:56:59 +0000 loveisstrange 408854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt totally numb half the time and was bawling the other half. I had no desire to bond with my baby. I didnt even want to get out of bed.</p> <p>Mine was a good deal related to my traumatic labor and delivery and the stress of trying and failing to breastfeed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408840 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:49:13 +0000 Rosie Girl 408840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would think of horrible senarios in my head. I was also sad, no matter what, like weighed down. It felt much like depression in general. Mine just went away on its own. I take anti-depressants though as it is, so that may have helped. I also confided in my mom. I was too ashamed to tell my DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408830 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:57:42 +0000 sarac 408830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would wake up already feeling overwhelmed and overwrought and unhappy. Mine was totally related to a lack of sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408825 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:24:31 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 408825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is a support thread on here where many women talk about what they went through....signs,symptoms, actions,medication and/or other treatments and success of those treatments. Here it is: <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-depression-support-thread#post-366919" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-depression-support-thread#post-366919</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/post-natal-depression-how-did-you-know-you-had-it#post-408807 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:03:22 +0000 Kemma 408807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you had Post Natal / Partum Depression, how did you know?</p> <p>Also - what symptoms did you have and what was your treatment? </p>