Hello, my name is Christy....

[~Mom2thhts~]

and I have ppd. I didn't think this is where I would be after I had the baby. Actually I expected a completely different delivery than what I had. It was very traumatic and I'm still trying to make sense of the fuzzy memories of it all. My baby wasn't breathing when he was born and was in NICU for 24 hours. I didn't even see him for 12 hours. The look on my dh's face before he fainted in the labor room is haunting me. We were thinking that 6 dc was probably enough, after this labor my dh definetly wants a vasectomy. I just feel completely shut down. I can't get out of bed. I have no energy due to I'm extremely anemic. The docs wanted to give me a blood transfusion, but I refused.

Sorry, I know I really rambled. I just am having trouble sorting out my thoughts and where to begin....

[Molliejo]

[chmmr]

Hi Christy,
I am so sorry to hear you are having such a rough time. If it has hit you this hard this fast, I really recommend you talking to your doctor or midwife asap. I had severe PPD with my second and did not really identify it until he was 3 months old and it was way bad (this was also after a seriously traumatic birth from a placental abruption where both baby and I were in serious distress). You need to have professional support to get through this (be it counseling or meds or both). PPD is not something to mess around with IMO. I hope you are able to reach out to your partner for support and ask for help.
Feel free to pm me if you need anything!

[newcastlemama]

Could you take a mineral supplment with iron? I take Country Life Total Minerals with Iron. Or you could take Floradix Iron. I was so anemic that I could not get out of bed and I believe that contributed to depression. When I started working on my iron (with supplments and foods) it really helped my energy and mood.

s
Jen