{"id":111754,"date":"2022-09-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com\/blog\/what-to-know-postpartum-depression-symptoms-help"},"modified":"2024-09-02T13:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:18:50","slug":"what-to-know-postpartum-depression-symptoms-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/what-to-know-postpartum-depression-symptoms-help","title":{"rendered":"What To Know About Postpartum Depression: From Symptoms to How To Get Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a mom is hard — and extremely rewarding — from start to finish. Sometimes, the hard part of your mom story starts before conception and other times after birth, and sometimes even further down the motherhood journey, like when your sweet baby hits the teen years. But we can always rely on motherhood to be completely worth every single minute of lost sleep, gray hair, and sacrifice. But often, one of the hardest parts for some moms, is coping with postpartum depression<\/a> in the fourth trimester. <\/p>

Let me tell you: Moms are warriors. Moms are strong in all ways (emotionally, mentally, and physically). After all, we create human beings, which seems like a super power. But even the strongest people need help sometimes because while us moms may do some super hero-like things, we are human. Giving birth and having your entire life change in an instant can be unexpectedly triggering<\/a>. Think about it: Your body, the way you think, your priorities, how you even exist in the world is now laser focused on this tiny human you are responsible for. It's actually surprising that the rate of postpartum depression isn't higher than the reported 15% of the population.<\/a><\/p>

I honestly felt like I lost my mind from the moment they laid my daughter on my chest. I was simultaneously laughing and crying at the same time. I was elated and terrified.<\/a> I had just been through the most traumatic thing of my life and given birth to the most amazing human I had ever met and now, I was the person in charge of not only keeping her alive, but not destroying the perfection they put in my arms. In those moments, I just knew I was going to fail. I may have never been a mom, but I had been a daughter and I felt the moment I left the hospital, I was going to mess up. That fear consumed my thoughts. The thing I didn’t know is that we all mess up. But that’s not the important part. The important part is how we love our babies regardless of whatever else is going on and work through those overwhelming feelings of failure and fear. <\/p>

But working through those emotions can be incredibly daunting, and when postpartum depression (aka, major depressive disorder with peripartum onset<\/a>) sets in, it can feel like it's taking you down. If this sounds familiar, don't worry mama, there is hope and help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a mom is hard — and extremely rewarding — from start to finish. Sometimes, the hard part of your mom story starts before conception and other times after birth, and sometimes even further down the motherhood journey, like when your sweet baby hits the teen years. 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