Postpartum Depression is a potentially serious condition that occurs within six months after childbirth in which a woman feels extreme sensations of sadness, despair, anxiety and/or irritability. Differs from “baby blues” in intensity and duration. Postpartum often keeps a woman from doing the things she needs to do every day.
Some symptoms include:
• Loss of interest or pleasure in life
• Loss of appetite
• Less energy and motivation to do things
• A hard time falling asleep or staying asleep
• Sleeping more than usual
• Increased crying or tearfulness
• Feeling worthless, hopeless or overly guilty
• Feeling restless, irritable or anxious
• Unexplained weight loss or gain
• Feeling like life isn't worth living
• Having thoughts about hurting herself
• Worrying about hurting her baby