Why Postpartum Depression Occurs?

Postnatal depression, although hardly perceived by others, is a cause of physical as well as mental instability of the mother, who still raises many questions on the agenda of specialists. Strange as it may seem, giving birth to small, cute creatures cannot always be a source of joy. Depending on the mother's psyche and emotional instability/stability, she may experience mood swings caused by hormonal disorders during childbirth and more.

The first signs of postnatal depression are rapid behavioral changes, with the mother moving from one extreme to the other. Usually, these mild symptoms, which last up to three to four weeks, are not exactly dangerous.

They will pass away and everything will be like heaven on earth in the little one's life. These are just signs of sadness after birth. Other signs include fatigue, stress, difficulty concentrating, lack of rest even when you sleep a lot, lack of appetite, or even excessive food consumption.

All these signs appear about three days after birth and usually last a few days, up to three or four weeks. These are normal symptoms in the young mother's life because for nine months her body has undergone many changes and it is normal for them to be felt after the separation of the fetus from the mother's body.

However, if they do not pass after a few weeks, the situation becomes worrying, because it is already the case of postnatal depression, which cannot be easily combated.

A global study reveals that more and more young mothers are suffering from postnatal or postpartum depression. About 75% report states of negativity and emotional instability, with mild depression, and after a short period everything returns to normal, but about 10% fail to overcome those moments, remaining stuck in emotional instability.

What is postnatal depression?

Although the symptoms of this disorder usually appear immediately after the baby is born, there are cases when they appear a few weeks or months after birth. Postnatal depression is a condition like other ailments of the body such as heart disease, cancer, or others, and of course can be treated with special therapy, antidepressant drugs, moral support from family and loved ones.

Among the most visible symptoms of postnatal depression is low interest in the child (which mainly affects the baby who needs the most care in the first days, weeks, months of life), anxiety, anxiety, guilt, hopelessness. , sleep disorders (sometimes my mother sleeps excessively or barely catches an hour a night), lack of appetite, rapid weight gain or loss, lack of energy and motivation to do things she usually did from the heart, state guilt, hopelessness, the feeling that life is not worth living

Not only do they affect the new mother both physically and mentally, but they also affect the baby, who needs the mother's attention and care the most in his first moments in a new world, full of obstacles.

Postnatal depression has been known since ancient times, it is not a cause of the modern and turbulent times we live in, the causes of its occurrence still manage to provoke controversy.

One of the most accepted and common causes would be the total hormonal disorder during pregnancy. Just as small changes during menstruation lead to minor behavioral disorders, fatigue, and malaise, imagine ten times as many changes.

The traumas are ten times greater. During pregnancy, the amount of hormones, estrogen, and progesterone, increases considerably. In the first 24 hours after birth, it decreases a lot and remains at the pre-pregnancy level, which is why depression occurs. The variations are very strong and the body does not tolerate them very well.

Postnatal depression will occur rather in young women who have had similar previous experiences and treated them with indifference but also in young women who have had other upsets, such as marital problems, lack of confidants or counselors, events that particularly affected during childbirth or after birth. The period of postnatal depression is certainly not determined, it varies depending on the way each woman is.

Healing can sometimes take a long time, but it all depends on the mothers and their way of taking matters into their own hands. They must never forget that they can receive help and that the one they receive later will only help them to live a happy life with their baby, not being ashamed to have a depression caused by a happy event.

If you feel sad and anxious, even if you vehemently deny postnatal depression, the first steps you can take as a young mother would be to seek help in child care, to look for activities for you even for half an hour a day. , try not to take care of all the household chores, just don't forget about yourself. Taking care of yourself, you will take care of your little one, loving you, you will give a beautiful start to the baby.