PND Support Thread

I no wat you mean about not been able to hold baby straight away hun as sam was 3 hours old before i got to hold him as they couldnt stop my bleeding i wanted to try breastfeedin but they gave karl a bottle of formular to give him so then sam wouldnt take my boob

Originally Posted by ALY

I no wat you mean about not been able to hold baby straight away hun as sam was 3 hours old before i got to hold him as they couldnt stop my bleeding i wanted to try breastfeedin but they gave karl a bottle of formular to give him so then sam wouldnt take my boob

did they know you wanted to BF? Sam would almost certainly have been able to wait for you, they are born with fatty reserves and can go days before BF is established. I hate it when hospital staff jump in like that with absolutely no regard for what is best for mum and baby.

Originally Posted by Shifter

did they know you wanted to BF? Sam would almost certainly have been able to wait for you, they are born with fatty reserves and can go days before BF is established. I hate it when hospital staff jump in like that with absolutely no regard for what is best for mum and baby.

Yeah hun they did no they gave him one as he wouldnt stop crying but im not surprised as they wrapped him in one of the horrible rough towels and put him in the cot next to the open window
how are you feelin
avc been naughty and been drinkin so i dont no if i can still take my tabs tonight

Idiots! That makes me sooooo mad.

I'm ok. Jack been grumpy today but he's asleep now so I have had some peace and quiet. It never helps my mood when he cries lots (which is really rare, thankfully).

Hmm, better give your pill a miss if you've been drinking! Hope you're ok

Im ok hun just a bit well fed up so i thou having a drink would help my mood but it hasnt all its done is make me feel worse
the tabs say its ok to take if you havent had much to drink which i ant av only had 2 so i should be fine x

Hun if you ever want to talk just pm me

What a great thread, thanks Aly. I just posted in the unsticky bit below. I was diagnosed with pnd about six weeks ago. Was put on Sertraline that didn't agree with me and I'm now on Fluoroxetine.

I've also started CBT but I'm really not sure about the nurse I've been allocated. She hadn't read any of the notes from when I'd seen someone else the previous week and poured my heart out for an hour. It just felt like although she was really nice she was following procedures and saying what she's been told to say rather than having any sympathy / empathy and experience of dealing with things... Not sure if I'm explaining it very well - it's just the woman the previous week was really reassuring telling me how common things I'm experiencing are and that they're symptoms of depression whereas this one told me to do maths in my head to distract me from things (in this case thinking about death). Has anyone been told they can change therapy people if they want to or anything?

Hope you're all having good days today xxx

Elm

Am sure if your not happy with the nurse that they have given you you should be able to ask if they can give you another hun
but if you ever need to talk jusr pm me im more or less on here all the time hun

Elm, sorry you're going through this but glad you found us, you're not alone.

I've had another down evening. Jack has gone back to cluster feeding after about 10 days of really nice evenings. I find it absolutely exhausting and that always brings my mood down. Sometimes, like tonight, I can't even look at him while I feed him, I get the urge to fling him away from me (I never ever would) and run for the hills! I settled for sobbing quietly while he fed then going for a long soak in the bath. Hubby sat with me and we talked over a lot of stuff, which was good, good to get some things out.

Hope you guys are doing ok tonight.

Shifter its good you can talk to your huuby x

Well today i feel like crap all i want to do is run away and just forget everything i just dont think them tabs the doc gave me are working Plus i woke up this morning with an absses (sp) under my tooth so thats really not helping with my mood so hopefully wen i go to the docs this afternoon he can give me something for it and mayb change my tabs x

I really do hope that you are all ok

Aly, I hope the doc sorts you out with tooth and tabs.