Postpartum Depression Symptoms: A Day In The Life

You wake up with that daily bone-tired exhaustion

. It doesn't help that your 9-month-old is still waking up in the wee hours for a feeding (or two).

Aren't they supposed to sleep all night at six weeks?

Over breakfast you become angry that someone put the eggs on the wrong side of the refrigerator. You finish breakfast by inadvertently putting the eggs on the wrong side of the refrigerator.

During errands, you become anxious that you haven't locked your door at home.

You go to the store for magnesium and come back with manganese.

As you drive through the parking lot and watch the other cars drive by, you wonder how your child will breastfeed after that car accident puts you in a coma. (You know, that accident you've been imagining for the past two weeks.)

You take the manganese with dinner and are pleased that you have begun your magnesium supplementation.

As you get ready for bed, you check the front door seventeen times to make sure it's locked. You put a chair in front of it to secure it, just in case.

You notice for the first time that you purchased manganese. You cry and throw it in the trash. Months later you find out that you are deficient in manganese.

You return to the front door to remove the chair because it is a fire hazard. You worry about the other fire hazards in your house. You set the fire extinguisher out on the counter top, just in case.

You are relieved that night has come and as you are about to drift off to sleep, you glance at your child and notice that he has sprouted devil horns and whispers "Have you checked the bathroom lately?"

You check the bathroom and find no fire hazards but you move the fire extinguisher there, just in case.

You finally sleep only to start at the top of this page again when you wake up, like a very bad version of "Groundhog Day."

Postpartum depression help

New days do come, fortunately. Get the treatment you need. Do not feel bad about it. You just grew an entire new person.

Talk to your doctor or midwife. Join a support group in your area. Call the Postpartum Support International Help Line. Begin to rebuild your body's supply of nutrients. You may just end up feeling better than ever.

by: Amanda Rose

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