- Started by Anonymous on Jul 15, 2024
Hello,
I just had my beautiful baby girl last month and things are going well with her. My problem is I just feel down most of the time and also disconnected from my partner. We have had problems in the past but the past few months we have been really struggling and every weekend we spend what should be quality time together we have some discontent of sorts. One of our big issues is my lack of confidence and after giving birth and having complications after where I find myself popping along myself my confidence is at an all time low. My partner always seems like he is one foot in and one foot out a d today he said he wanted to end things. I managed to convince him to try another different approach to saving our relationship where we hit the reset button and go with the flow. Bottom line is that half of me wants it to work out with him as I know he loves me and he is a good person but then the other part of me needs his support with this bad depression I feel where I feel I'm worthless and a bad mother of I forget to pack the wipes for example. I am scared I won't be able to cope getting over him and the heartbreak and cope with this depression and being a first time mum.
Thanks for listening everyone!
- Started by Anonymous on Jun 18, 2024
Hello! My baby is 16 months and he’s brought so much happiness. The first 6 months together were a dream, sleeping well at night, baby was so sweet and mild-tempered and I was getting together with other friends on maternity leave for coffees and brunch. Things were going so well, much better than I would have expected.
From the 6th month onwards, the baby was up and screaming for two hours at night every night. Weaning started so groceries and cooking started taking a toll on me. He also got very active during the day so I started feeling the exhaustion creeping up. My partner was (and still is) going through a stressful time at work, coming back home very late and needing to vent about what happened in the office during the day. I realised I wasn't able to support him because I barely had any energy left for myself. I started feeling so lonely, carrying all the daily tasks from breakfast to bedtime bath and then the night wakings. I felt burned out by the high standards I set out for myself, and I started feeling resentful towards my partner who appeared to be disengaged from the challenges the baby and I were facing all day by ourselves. Baby started daycare a couple of months ago and I was so looking forward to the much-needed me time, only to realise I felt so empty and I don't even know what I enjoy anymore. I'm a playful mum and I have a lovely time with my baby, but I'm so irritable and resentful towards my partner I don't even know how to fix it at this stage. Reading through some of the suggestions and the stories here has made me realise this could actually be PND, but I wouldn't really know how to go about it. I'm also scared of the approach that would be straight into medication?
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- Started by Jane on Mar 21, 2024
Hi, I have been diagnosed with "untreated/undianosed postnatal depression" after the birth of my son 5 years ago. Shortly after his birth I started to feel very different and the easiest way to describe it is to say I felt empty. It was my 4th C section and I choose to have a tubal ligation. Ever since the procedure my body feels different. I spoke to my G.P. about the drastic changes in my menstrual cycle and if it was anything to do with the procedure, he was very fast to dismiss my concerns. I spent 4 years trying to push down the feeling of anxiety and low moods until eventually I sought help and recieved a diagnosis of PND a few months back. Recently I have learned of post tubal ligation syndrome and a large amount of the symptoms overlap with PND, except it seems to explain the changes in my menstrual cycle also. Has anyone else experienced similar?
- Started by C on Feb 08, 2019
Hi, this has to be the hardest thing i have done. I had my baby boy 21 days ago and now on medication. I have support but my brain won't let me relax. All i want to do is run away.
- Started by Joan on Apr 15, 2016
I am seven months pregnant and feeling very down for the past month, up to this I have been great so looking forward to the birth of my baby. Now I am affraid to face the day, crying all the time, not sleeping andf full of anxiety.
I am affraid to tell anyone, Is this normal?
- Started by Anonymous on Nov 18, 2023
I had my first baby 18 weeks ago. She is doing great, happy and healthy. I should be too. But I find i am either extremely happy and laughing or down and wishing I wasnt here. I would never actually do anything as I know I dont want to leave my baby alone. But i keep thinking how everyone elses life would be easier if we didn't exist. Her father abandoned me at 7 months as he had his own issues to deal with. We got back on contact after her birth but I have recently gone no contact as I think the flip flopping on how he says he feels too much to handle. He is not from Ireland and has no opportunity to come here due to visas at the moment. I also dont speak the same language as his family so contact there is limited. Within my own family I just feel like a burden. I am living in the family home in a box room with my baby. At 30+ years of age I am ashamed of the situation I have got myself in. I should of been smarter and prevented pregnancy. Financially I am relying on my own savings and government assistance but that makes me feel even moreso as a burden. I know I am stressed and due to feeling stuck I am sad. But it also feels like more than just being down due to my circumstances, i truely just think everyone bar my baby would be better off if i didnt exist or at the very least never got pregnant
- Started by Anon on Oct 13, 2023
I'm really confused by how I am feeling. I had 2 babies back to back and my second was premature by 2 months, followed by a long NICU stay which left me severely rundown.
I'm being treated by therapists and offered medication. However no one has actually said the term PND. Reason I'm confused is because I have only a very small circle outside all this and no one has ever mentioned the possibility of me having it. Instead they are sick of my up and down feelings and tell me I will regret missing out because I'm always so full of anxiety, panic and sadness.
I feel quite distant from my baby also. Given he arrived early, it was quite a traumatic lead up to the birth and I also didn't get to hold him until some time later. Following the birth I just went into survival mode and not sure I've fully come out of it.
I tried talking to my husband and even broke down but he shut me down and in a roundabout way told me I was being ridiculous. As a result, I never uttered a word about it again and now I just shut down when it gets too much (which in turn causes conflict between us now).
Reason I'm confused is because I hear "these are all normal feelings" so much. Yet none of this feels normal to me.
Not sure I need to hear the words PND and know I am not going insane but the fact my circle just see me as constantly moody and a nightmare to be around upsets me so much. I genuinely feel absolutely no one understands.
I'm being treated as though it is PND but they haven't actually said it to me so is it that. I'm just so confused and feel so lonely.
- Started by Anonymous on Jul 13, 2023
Hi, wondering if anyone else on sertraline anti depressants? How long did it take for them to work?
I’m 2 weeks in today and still having major anxiety. It’s usually manageable when my partner is off but then it’s crippling me when he has to go to work. I’m really struggling and not sure whether I just need to give it time or whether I need to change medication. Thanks
- Started by Helen on Sep 10, 2023
Hi.
I have a 12 week old and still really suffering and struggling with mental health. Looking for people to recommend groups to attend to meet and chat with new mothers to help me.
Thanks