spin off to post partum

I read a lot about ppd on here and other sites as well and i was just wondering if anyone did NOT have it? Did anyone feel totally happy and totally excited about the baby? Not that people who have ppd are NOT happy i just mean how common is it NOT to ever get it.Sorry i know this is confusing the way i worded it.

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I didn't experience ppd with my son.... to those who are going through it now or have gone through it...

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i know it sounds lke a terrible thing to deal witrh are there things you cn do to help prevent it or help you get over it faster?

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I had it really bad with my last baby. It is weird because I was fine the whole pregnancy, and the day we had him. Second day in the hospital I had a visitor a friend (at the time, not now), who was just mean, ant then DH came in with food that night, so many visitors, I kept telling DH no more please, and they just kept coming(i even stopped breast feeding, I was so uncomfortable, I did not feel supported by DH, which was not true it was just PPD). I don't know what happened but I wanted to take a shower ( i had a c-section), I wanted to be with my baby, I was so overwhelmed by it all, I just broke down(I was so mad, it was supposed to be a happy time and I was miserable). The next day I went home (we had two older ones, I felt like I should be at home taking care of them), I was like an evil monster, I hated it. When I went to my 6 week, Doc talked to me about it(I did not want to take drugs), but it never really went away until 8 months later. I knew I could not live forever like this. I thought about leaving, I thought about all kinds of things to make it go away(never hurting my kids, I would hurt myself before I hurt them). I joined curves and that helped. I got out of the house more and asked for help if I needed it, big help for PPD. The more I talked about it the less it was, and I realized I was not the only woman in the world who had it. It is a terrible thing to have, I am glad it is over. If anyone has any ?'s about I can help at least talk about it. FM me if you need to talk about it to someone.

Message edited 8/1/2006 9:51:06 AM.

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I didn't get full blown PPD but i did have the baby blues for the 1st 3 weeks. I remember as soon as the sun would start to go down i would start having anxiety and cry for no real reason. My MIL would come over for about 2 hrs at night to keep me company (my DH worked nights). It eventually passed. I think it was more because i was a newbie mom and felt a little overwhelmed with taking care of my baby. Everything was all so new at the time.

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I didn't experience it when Alison was born

to all the moms that do and have.

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I had full blown PPD/PTS (post tramatic stress) but for me, I went a bit opposite of what happens to some moms with PPD. I become very attached and super protective of Molly..I was more like a mother bear. The therapist said that normally it is the other way around, but for me I was in a very dark place and Molly was the only thing I was able to hold onto to, if that makes any sense. She kept me sane really. It was an awful place to be in mentally. I didn't think I would ever not feel that way. But after her first birthday the darkness started to lift for me. I never took medications, but I was advise to go on them. Instead I saw a therapist and just found my own way out of the PPD.

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I did not expereince PPD with DD (she is 7 weeks old) I did have "baby blues" for about a week....just the hormones all out of whack,. crying a lot, stressed when the baby wouldnt sleep and was crying a lot...it only lasted about a week and it was minor. I feel great now, thankfully.
to all the moms that are exp. it right now.

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I think I maybe had it for a day.. or maybe I was just having a bad day.

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I didn't have ppd or baby blues. No crying for me except tears of joy.

There are days that I'm exhausted and overwhelmed, but I'm not sad at all.

eta: you may get more responses from those of us who didn't have ppd, with a different title. I wasn't going to read this thread since I have no experience w/ppd.

Message edited 8/1/2006 7:24:26 PM.