Question by Hannah Jones: does postnatal depression effect bonding?
my mates just had a baby 2 months ago and she scared that she going to get postnatal depression and that it will effect her bonding with her child. ( her mother has it so she thinks she might get it as well).
can anyone spread some light on it? please.

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Question by Ancient Wisdom: Male postnatal depression – is it a myth? How long does it last?
I was recently informed it can last as long as the child grows up and leaves the house (circa 20 years).

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Question by mummy: What does postnatal depression feel like? What am I suppose to be depressed about?
Experienced mums please share your experience
I am depressed, but I don’t know if its due to giving birth 8 weeks ago… That’s why I want to know for what reason are mothers depressed after birth…

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Question by two little kiddie winks: How to know if it’s baby blues or postnatal depression?
What are the differences between the two? When would you mention something to your doctor?
Can it come in waves? Like you may have a good day, but then the next be a wreck?
So if baby blues have lasted longer than the 10 days then it’s more likely to be post natal depression?
I think I should just talk to my doctor tomorrow

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Question by Sam J: what is the signs of Postnatal Depression or what ever it called while u are still pregnant.having despression?
i think i mite have that. im nearly 7months and i feel depressed about having bubs but at the same time i feel like i cant wait. more i feel like im going be a failure what if this happens etc. i don’t know if that is normal or what. so that why im asking what the signs of it.

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Postnatal depression can be better taken as a syndrome. This is a problem which may attack a woman as soon as she gives birth to a child. This syndrome develops an emotional change which is moreover in negative sense towards the infant. This state is not good for the mother as well as for the child. In this situation neither the emotional bond which is required between the duos develops, nor there do any support to the baby from his mother.  In worst cases, either of them may face extreme situations like death.

In postnatal syndrome, the feeling of any unwanted happening or negative thoughts surrounds the woman which keeps her uneasy. These situations develops a negative though or feeling for her own baby who has nothing to do with these thoughts. But, the syndrome makes the woman feel that the baby is responsible for these thoughts which creates a gap between the mother and the child. This is a kind of depression which is needs care and cure to get rid of it. In such cases, the major symptoms of depression are hatred towards the child and uneasiness.

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Fish Oil Capsules During Pregnancy, No Effect On Baby’s Intelligence Or Post-natal Depression Risk

Pregnant women who take DHA fish oil capsules during pregnancy do not reduce their risk of developing post-natal depression, nor do the supplements have any effect on the baby’s cognitive and language development during early childhood, researchers from the Women’s and Children’s Health Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia, reported in an article published in the medical journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). Dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is often recommended to pregnant women as a way of enhancing their offspring’s intelligence as well as protecting from subsequent post-natal depression (postpartum depression). In fact, previous studies have suggested so.

The authors wrote:

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Postnatal Depression

Postnatal depression is a common depressive illness and occurs in 1 to 7 to 10 mothers; it is common for women after giving birth to a child to experience feeling low. Nobody knows what causes postnatal depression but it has been concluded  although there is no actual explanation for PND that the illness may arise due to the hormone change after childbirth also the stress of looking after a new baby and the disrupt to a mothers sleep can effect susceptible people.

Symptoms of PND;

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My daughter is 18 months old so I don’t know if it could class as PND…. but my hubby has said he has been feeling really down lately. We are going to the doc next week.

The things he has mentioned sound somewhat like typical PND thoughts:
Severe anxiety about the wellbeing of our daughter…
Worrying about something happening to him, me or Lucy.
and others things

Has anyone’s partner (or yourself for the Dad’s on here), been diagnosed with PND, and how was it treated?

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Ok i’ve got to the point where I only have 4 people (as in not the doctors, etc) inc my mom in my phone book. I’ve been to mother and toddler and made a couple of friends but they have lives beyond me everyone there does they go out have days/nights off although a young single parent like me.
My house is getting me down its gorgeous but because of the noise from the 12 other students within the converted house, the damp in the kitchen and bathroom, the one bedroom and the expense over the winter with the high ceilings no insulation its costing me £150 just on gas a month.
I have no one to talk to my moms always busy at work and I do try I honestly do but I just feel intrusive I dont like to go out to often in the winter, I ALWAYS text people I could honestly turn my phone of for a week and my mom would be the only one to bother.
I’m breastfeeding and love the bonding and dont want to go back to college till next year I lost my job on the day I got pregnant and my daughters dad doesn’t pay anything so my savings have gone, some days I just want us to disappear most nights I hold her in my arms in tears or get frustrated with her and call her awful names as I feel shes doing it to be nasty even though shes 5 months old I always hold her and apologies for being a terrible mom.
I’m just sick of saying Im fine when I’m not my mom works full time and my aunty has my other baby cousin and is usually at work.
I also sometimes hold her hand and feel I wont see her walk down the aisle or hold her hand to school it sounds terrible but next month seems impossible to reach let alone her 1st birthday. My health visitor has been in contact and her solution for the mom and toddler groups was a great idea but they have lives I just try and be a good mom and feel I fail each day, my home is clean and my baby happy but it just feels like a gap. My mom knows and medication didn’t help I just feel I’ll never get a boyfriend let alone friends, Im so depressed Im 19 have lost over 2 stone due to breastfeeding and my boobs are non existent, I was also told by a member of staff I must be lonely if Im always there as my friends live at a mom and baby unit. Im in such a mess I just want to be happy and feel ill never get there please help??? x