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What does postpartum depression look and feel like, when is it more than "baby blues" and who should you turn to for help and treatment?


Postpartum Depression - Do not deal with it alone

What does postpartum depression look and feel like, when is it more than "baby blues" and who should you turn to for help and treatment?

Daniel Sarantsky, in collaboration with JAMA

18/11/2021

Thursday, 18 November 2021, 06:29 Updated: 06:34

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You have been waiting to be pregnant, you were excited to see the two lines on the stick and throughout the weeks of pregnancy you imagined the moment of meeting your baby.

When it happened, you found out it was not exactly as you imagined, maybe even very far and the mood?

Not good at all.

Tal Ben David Sela

, a doctoral student in psychology and holds a master's degree in clinical psychology, explains that after birth, there are significant hormonal changes and psychosocial changes in the body, including the arrival of the new baby and the adaptation of the family unit to the new addition.

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The physiological changes that the body undergoes as well as the adaptation to parenting the new baby greatly affect the woman.

In the first few weeks after giving birth most women report a kind of stress drop or "emotional roller coaster" characterized by uncontrollable crying, sadness and melancholy.

For most women this period, called "baby blues", will pass by about two weeks after giving birth.

However, for some new mothers this phenomenon will only intensify or first appear in the months after birth and they will develop postpartum depression.

The incidence of postpartum depression ranges from ten to twenty percent and can appear up to about a year after birth.

10-20 percent of women will experience postpartum depression, you are not alone in this.

Depressed mother holds baby (Photo: ShutterStock)

What does postpartum depression look like?

Postpartum depression is characterized by depression and sadness present most of the day, inability to enjoy things that were fun in the past, lack of appetite or overeating, difficulty falling asleep or insomnia (even when possible), guilt or high self-criticism about parenting, uncontrollable crying, irritability , Exhaustion, an experience of lack of hope or hopelessness and also thoughts of death or self-harm.

In addition, it may be difficult to connect with and care for the baby, high anxiety for the baby's well-being without any real cause for concern and even thoughts of harming him.

There will be women who will even report that they have “lost themselves” or who they were before giving birth and will actually feel but about different parts of their identity that they feel do not correspond with their new identity as mothers.

what do we do with it?

If you experience a significant part of the symptoms described here in a continuous and high intensity that your feeling or the feeling of those around you affects your daily functioning - it is recommended to contact a professional for treatment.

Also, if you have thoughts of death or injury to you or the baby, share with a close person and seek treatment as soon as possible.

In urgent cases, contact the psychiatric emergency room closest to your home.

It can also appear a year after birth.

Postpartum depression (Photo: ShutterStock)

In light of the understanding of the high prevalence and tremendous importance of postpartum depression treatment for the mental health of the mother and baby, various centers have now been established that specialize in treating women especially during this period of life, offering psychological treatment (individual or group), with or without combination therapy.

The treatments are effective and can significantly help the mental well-being of the mother and baby.

Do not be left with it alone.

The Jama app was established with the aim of addressing mothers of babies from birth to age three, and centralizing for them content, activities, tips from experts and videos that will accompany them throughout this challenging period.

All the content in the app "grows" together with the baby and is precisely adapted to its developmental stages, so that the mothers receive only what is relevant to them and interests them at any given moment.



The Jama app is the place for mothers in Israel to meet and get to know other mothers around them, and create new and exciting friendships in the fascinating journey.



Search us on Google: https://app.jama.co.il/

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