Xuzhou Mental Health Service Station: After a long and careful pregnancy and painful childbirth, the expectant mother was finally promoted to a new mother. But this is not the beginning of everything OK. The sudden change in the role, the cry of the baby, the shift in family atte

Xuzhou Mental Health Service Station: After a long and careful pregnancy and painful childbirth, the expectant mother was finally promoted to a new mother. But this is not the beginning of everything OK. The sudden change in the role, the cry of the baby, the shift in family attention... Many factors make it difficult for new mothers to accept major changes in life, and postpartum depression occurs.

"Postpartum depression" refers to the phenomenon that new mothers often experience sadness or irritability after giving birth. In fact, 80% of new mothers have experienced this psychological experience of falling from peak to bottom all of a sudden. This is because the hormone levels of new mothers change 2-4 days after delivery.

Generally speaking, postpartum depression comes and goes quickly, and this emotional ups and downs will generally relieve itself within two weeks. This is also part of the postpartum recovery process. But new mothers should be careful. If the depression does not improve for a long time, or it appears again a month after giving birth, it may be postpartum depression .

So, whether it is a new mother himself or her family or friends, don’t label her new mother as “postpartum depression” at will. It is normal for the situation to be depressed in the early stages of postpartum.

Don’t panic after childbirth depression, you can prevent it if you find it.

The arrival of the baby makes every new mother sincerely happy, although the new mother will be upset and depressed because of the baby's crying and illness. However, most new mothers can quickly adjust their emotions and devote their energy to taking care of their babies, while some new mothers are getting deeper and deeper into this bad mood, and have developed from postpartum depression to postpartum depression.

Specific manifestations of postpartum depression

Generally speaking, emotions such as despair, anxiety, guilt, loneliness, etc. , these are the key symptoms of judging postpartum depression. In addition, that deep feeling of fatigue and trapping are also typical of postpartum depression. The symptoms of postpartum depression are the same as those of other depressions, such as depression, lack of pleasure, sad crying, worry and worry, timidity, irritability, and in severe cases, loss of self-care and baby care ability, pessimism and despair, self-harm and suicide.

Time of postpartum depression

Typical postpartum depression generally occurs within 4 to 6 weeks after delivery, but it does not mean that after this stage, you will not "come to the door". In fact, many new mothers suffer from postpartum depression just a few months after delivery.

Causes of postpartum depression

So far, there is no exact result that indicates which cause is the culprit of postpartum depression, but it is certain that the distance between the new mother and relatives and friends has become longer because of taking care of the child, and the resulting sense of alienation is an important reason for inducing postpartum depression. In addition, new mothers who use breastfeeding have to feed their children day and night, which is overworked and poor rest, and they are prone to resentment and irritability, which leads to postpartum depression.