Postpartum depression: causes, symptoms and treatment

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Depression after childbirth is a situation that occurs in women after having given birth and is characterized by experiencing a deep sadness.

Normally, postpartum depression is a transient disorder that usually occurs in 10% of women even though the delivery has gone well.

These women have contradictory feelings after the birth of the baby: happiness for the arrival of their child, but sadness, melancholy and the desire to cry because they are emotionally weak.

Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article.

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Types

The vast majority of women who suffer from postpartum depression simply experience a mild picture of this disorder, which appears 2 or 3 days after delivery and lasts about 2 weeks.

Mild postpartum depression does not need treatment and will not have any impact on the mental health of the mother.

However, a small percentage of these women will have a more severe type of postpartum depression, which usually appears one month after delivery and may lengthen in time.

In this case, the woman will be unable to care for her own child and will need help and treatment from a medical professional.

Sadness after childbirth

Phases of postpartum depression

Depression after childbirth, which can range from mild to moderate or intense, appears more frequently in the first 3 months after the baby is born.

Within this period of time, the woman goes through the 3 phases described below:

First phase the mother is again alone with herself after several months of having the baby in her womb. Second phase the main role is the newborn and the mother is relegated to a second plane. Third phase the mother begins to recover peace by assuming and internalize this new situation and learn to adapt to it.

After childbirth, the woman will need all the emotional support of her partner and the closest people. In a few days, all this situation will happen and, when you get home, the joy of having the baby, the attentions that it needs and the work it requires will make the feelings normalize and adapt to the circumstances.

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