Saturday, July 2, 2016

The Salient Notes On Postpartum Doula Dallas

By Frank Ward


Many women after reaching a certain age all they desire or want is to have a kid of their own. Many couples marry with the aim of getting children. It is the desire of every woman to conceive and bring forth a healthy and a bouncing baby. But the happiness of getting a child may be short lived because of mood swings. Postpartum Doula Dallas has been a common condition that many women are today experiencing.

There are several types or kinds of postnatal moods or anxiety disorders. The first type is postnatal blues, followed by PPD or postpartum depression and lastly postnatal Psychosis. About eighty percent of mothers and more specifically the new mothers experience some severe mood swings which are mainly referred to as baby blues.

Ten percent of all new mothers experience major postpartum depression or PPD in their first year. In the past years, some doctors attributed this PPD to dramatic or drastic drop in hormones usually occurring after delivery. About 0.01% of some new mothers experience postnatal Psychosis in their first three months that is after delivery.

During the days or probably weeks after delivering your baby, one may experience some changes as it tries to return to non-pregnant condition. With regards to pregnancy changes, the change is usually different for every mother or woman. Some of physical changes that one may undergo after delivering include contractions sometimes called afterpains, sore muscles and lochia.

Baby blues is though the most experienced condition by many women. This condition is not so severe irrespective of it being so common. The illness is believed to occur two weeks after delivery. The situation is not serious and hence there should be not cause for panic. The signs or symptoms to watch out for are mood changes, irritation, increased emotional reactivity and anxiety.

There are some few things one should avoid if they suspect to have postpartum depression. First avoid watching scary things or hearing scary stories. These scary things can really torment them. After delivering, it is prudent that you stop carrying out many duties or avoid an overscheduled life. PPD arises when normal symptoms of baby blues become exaggerated basically to a point of mania.

If the symptoms of baby blues increase or prolong that might be actually a precursor to something greater like PPD or Psychosis. Women should be very careful with such changes and take precautions not to let baby blues to graduate to PPD. The next common illness is postpartum depression. It is wise to stay around positive people during postpartum period to avoid falling into PPD.

Contrary to baby blues, PPD usually develops insidiously three or four weeks after giving birth and basically persist for three months. But for some women, they may remain depressed for a period of eight months. One third of some women may even remain in the depression state for more than fifteen months. PPD is more severe than baby blue. The third type is postpartum Psychosis which is less common but very severe to those who experience it. Symptoms include mixed cycling between depressive and manic episodes, delusions, agitation, low insights, cognitive impairment, disorganized behavior and hallucinations.




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