[SirPentor]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14232028/

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NEW YORK - Women are not alone in suffering postpartum depression - a "strikingly high" number of new fathers are affected as well, researchers reported Monday. In a study of more than 5,000 U.S. couples that had recently had a baby, 14 percent of mothers and 10 percent of fathers were found to have significant levels of depression. The percentage of affected women was in the expected range based on past research, but little has been known about fathers' risk of depression after the birth of a child.

Mind you only a serious pussy would admit to being depressed. A real man just swallows all his anxieties down into the pit of his stomach. It hurts but you get used to it.

 

[Marsupialmom]

naaaaa, they are just jerks they didn't actually give birth so they don't have a problem....sarcasism.

 

[SirPentor]

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Originally Posted by Marsupialmom naaaaa, they are just jerks they didn't actually give birth so they don't have a problem....sarcasism.

Seriously, though, after ours were born (especially the second one), looking back I'm pretty sure I had a serious bout of depression. At the time I just figured I was being an asshole, though.

 

[tboroson]

Ayup. My dh went through that after the birth of our second

Still struggling out of it, I think, though he's improved a *lot*.

 

[kamilla626]

I think dh may have been a bit depressed. Could have simply been the sleep deprivation and the "holy crap I'm a Dad!" stuff, though.

 

[mama ganoush]

insert bitter, man bashing response here.

 

[artgoddess]

Call me a bitter bitch, but all I can think is "Oh sure if they think it can happen to men, now society will suddenly start taking it seriously."

 

[chersolly]

It's probably the lack of sex that depresses some men.

 

[mama ganoush]

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Originally Posted by chersolly It's probably the lack of sex that depresses some men.

and the "she pays more attention to the baby than to me, and she actually expects me to do something to help out" syndrome.

uhhhh, forecasters say slightly bitter with 99% chance of angry sarcasm.

 

[BellinghamCrunchie]

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Originally Posted by chersolly It's probably the lack of sex that depresses some men.

ROFL

But seriously. Many of the same conditions that contribute to PPD in women are experienced by men as well - its a major change to one's lifestyle - why shouldn't they also experience it? It makes sense that when depression decreases a partner's ability to be responsive to and meet the other person's needs in a way that they used to before the birth, that loss of the same level of support would cause depression to spiral a bit in both partners.

 

[juju's mom]

I know my dh had it after our first but it could also be that my mom was here to help out and they are too much alike to live together for any length of time!

 

[kamilla626]

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Originally Posted by artgoddess Call me a bitter bitch, but all I can think is "Oh sure if they think it can happen to men, now society will suddenly start taking it seriously."

What Artgoddess said.

 

[Victorian]

Personally, I don't feel this thread is appropriate for MDC.

V.

 

[CookieMonsterMommy]

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Originally Posted by Victorian Personally, I don't feel this thread is appropriate for MDC. V.

Seriously? Or joking?

 

[kelly81]

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Originally Posted by mama ganoush and the "she pays more attention to the baby than to me, and she actually expects me to do something to help out" syndrome.

I think that was our problem here...that and the lack of sex and his Xbox...

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[Victorian]

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Originally Posted by CookieMonsterMommy Seriously? Or joking?

Joking, my love.

 

[CookieMonsterMommy]

teehee...just makin sure.

 

[JessicaS]

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Originally Posted by Victorian Personally, I don't feel this thread is appropriate for MDC. V.

I don't know..I am starting to agree.

I don't think man bashing is cool on a thread about male depression.

 

[mama ganoush]

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Originally Posted by abimommy I don't know..I am starting to agree. I don't think man bashing is cool on a thread about male depression.

i would agree if it were male depression. but male post partum depression seems sort of laughable to this ppd survivor.

 

[JessicaS]

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Originally Posted by mama ganoush i would agree if it were male depression. but male post partum depression seems sort of laughable to this ppd survivor.

I had PPD too.