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How to cope with postpartum Depression

By: Redrose

For many women, pregnancy and giving birth to a baby is a divine feeling and they feel excited, thrilled, relieved and ecstatic some times all at the same time having gone through that process. But for many women, post delivery depression and anxiety is pretty common. This is all the more evident in modern city life where due to nuclear families, the support system is not that effective and it is the woman who has to sacrifice her career at least initially after the birth of the child. Many a woman feels irritable and crying after giving birth and they also feel worse for their failure to figure out why they feel so.

Following few factors will help you understand the process more objectively. While they may not do away with all your post delivery blues, they will certainly help you cope up with the same more effectively:

1. Remember that you are not the first woman to have that feeling after birth of your child. A large number of women have that feeling and they feel disgusted thinking that they are the only ones who feel that way. Statistics claim that as many as 90% of new mothers experience tearfulness, feelings of sadness, anxiety and inexplicable mood swings in the first few days after delivery.

2. Do not indulge in over anxiety. Motherhood is a natural phenomenon and lot of women have unreasonable fear of their inadequacy regarding the way they feed their little ones or try to bond with them.

3. The experience of becoming a new mother has been so romanticized by the media and society in general, that a fairly common phenomenon like postpartum depression comes as a rude shock.

4. One possible scientific explanation for post delivery blues is the sudden drop in hormones such as progesterone and estrogen levels after childbirth.

5. For many women, child birth is a road block at least initially in their orderly routine and way of life. They can not go back to their own free and carefree life styles and this causes uneasiness and irritation.

6. While for many women, bonding with their new born is a natural phenomenon, for many others, it is not that natural and that is why a feeling of guilt and depression engulfs them. Remember you are not alone who has to make efforts to bond with your child. Have patience and you are going to have that selfless love and affection for your child very near in future.

7. For many women, the expectations of feeling joy and happiness after child birth are so much that they sort of feel anti climax when they are not able to reach the same level. Remember that you are neither the first nor the last one who has decided to bring another life to this planet. So take every day during that process as it is and do not try to over exert your self.

8. Post delivery blues can not be wished away in many cases, it is better to cope with them rather than be in the false hope that every thing is fine when it is not. Do not hesitate to take professional help if things seem to go out of control and despite your best efforts, you are not able to have a grip over your life.

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