Comments on: Antenatal Depression

By: Candice

Candice — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:17:03 +0000

I’m so glad to hear i’m not crazy hearing everyone else I do have crying out burst sometimes and being the mother of 5 other childreb is some what over welming plus I stopped working so there’s more depending on my bf this is his first kid and with my other ones sometime’s I think it’s alot on him I do eat more too now i’m happy about the baby expecially when I feel her move now at 22 wks i just feel so helpless since I got bigger now I know what is I can talk to my dr thanks for sharing

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By: allie

allie — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:41:29 +0000

I’m 36 weeks pregnant, I started suffering from this the moment I found out I was pregnant at 6 weeks. At 14 weeks, I went to a mental facility to figure out why I was having outbursts and wanting to end my life. The drs sent me home and told me nothing was wrong with me, I’m just stressed out. My relationship with my husband was very rocky, we had only been married a month when we found out, and I had received an athletic scholarship that I obviously had to back out of after signing. We didn’t have a stable place to live, we didn’t have a lot of food in the home, I didn’t have insurance, we didn’t have any money, I couldn’t keep a job because everytime I got hired somewhere they would find out I was pregnant and cut my hours, which made it to where it cost more to get to work then what I was making. Around 6 months pregnant is when my outbursts became very noticable. I turned violent towards my husband, I would sleep all day, I wouldn’t eat, and I had no kind of excitement for my pregnancy whatsoever. I stayed like that for about another 5 weeks until a family member allowed us to move in with her to keep an eye on me. I’ve found that being around people and just talking about it helps, but being on an antidepressant really has helped the most! Although I still suffer from outbursts and feelings of guilt and wanting to isolate myself at times, I’m able to be more social, to get up and take care of myself, I’m starting to feel like a person again. I wish I would have been diagnosed with this a lot earlier in my pregnancy. I’m not sure what causes it for other women but I know what caused it and made it worse for me. -unplanned pregnancy, rocky relationship, no family support, being called crazy and psycho, moving around a lot, not being able to always eat, being alone constantly, and giving up my scholarship. This disease is not a joke. And women, if you even for a minute think you’re depressed, please talk to your dr and do not let them under diagnose you. It’s your health and the health of your baby at risk.

By: uc

uc — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:52:00 +0000

I suggest that you consider pre-natal yoga and meditation as relaxation techniques, instead of taking anti-depressants whose effects on the baby are still not known.
Been there, done that. It helps.

By: jess

jess — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:36:25 +0000

well, have some mood swings after sex , sometimesi will feel like i am alone even if sex was good. this may explian my not so enthausitc attatuide. i hurd of post par.. depression but not Antenatal Depression, this aritcle was hepfull, glad im not alone

By: ayu

ayu — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:32:46 +0000

not sure whether im suffering frm depression or not…but i easily break dwn…due to that my appetite will be gone…n cn go w/o food till the nxt day…

By: cheryl

cheryl — Mon, 17 May 2010 07:17:16 +0000

i am 31 weeks pregnant and feel i am suffering from this i have some of the symptoms but not all!! i am a mum already to 2 children but there is a big age gap(9 yrs) between my youngest and this baby i have feeling of anxioty and also resentment 2wards my partner because of some money troubles at home we have been arguing alot lately about this and whn i try 2 explain my feelings it just makes the arguments worse im scared of loosing him but i dnt feel some1 who hasnt had depression cnt understand it. all he says 2 me is wht do i have 2 b depressed about i have everything i cud need/want but been depressed isnt about wht u have or dnt have its an illness .

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:20:01 +0000

I am a mental health professional and work in the field of suicide prevention. It is my experience that antepartum depression can be every bit as “severe” as post partum depression. I have worked with many women who have attempted suicide in the throws of antepartum depression. It can be very serious and should be taken every bit as seriously as post partum depression. Just because antepartum depression is not as well studied as postpartum depression does not mean it is not as significant, severe, or prevelant.

By: April

April — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:59:06 +0000

I experianced this with my last son and did not realize what this was. Now, I am pregnant with my third child (found out only 4 days ago) and I have been crying ever since. Don’t get me wrong, we want this baby. It’s just that everything I’m feeling is exactly as this article explains. I feel isolated and alone, as if no one understands or cares. I’m finding it difficuly to be happy about this pregnancy. Thanks for this information. Now I know that it’s not just me, that it’s a medical condition. Now, I can discuss this with my doctor and get a treatment. Again, thanks so much.