Pregnancy should be a time-the happiest moment for a mother. But sometimes as a prospective mother (especially since the first time to face the pregnancy) there must be a sense of worry that excessive in relation to the approach of the birth process. Approximately 10-20% of women trying to fight symptoms of depression and a quarter to half exposed to severe depression. In a study of 360 pregnant women, then 10% of them are depressed during pregnancy and only 6.8% who experience depression after pregnancy.
Depression is a mood disorder that appears in 1 in 4 women who are pregnant and this is not something special. The disease is always plagued those who are pregnant, but often they are never aware of this depression because they think this event is a normal occur in pregnant women, but if not handled properly can affect the baby mother.
What causes the emergence of depression?
Depression during pregnancy is the same mood disorders like depression that occurred in the laity in general, where the incidence of depression will be changes in brain chemistry.
Depression can also be due to changes in hormones that affect mood affects my mother so that she felt upset, bored or sad. In addition, sleep disturbances that often occur before the birth process also affects the mother because of fatigue and facial skin becomes dull.
In addition, the fears of content, frequent vomiting in early first trimester, and other problems can also causes Mother have a depression. My mother would constantly worry about her baby and this situation will make you feel depressed.
Mothers who are depressed will experience the following symptoms for about 2 weeks, such as:
According to the results of studies in the USA, Women who experience depression during early pregnancy are more likely to face birth before his time.
Depression is not treated as early as possible, will have adverse effects for mother and baby. There are 2 important things that might affect the baby in the womb, namely:
According to Tiffani Field, Ph. D from the University of Miami Medical School, based on research he had done for 20 years, he found children born to mothers who are severely depressed during pregnancy will have higher levels of stress hormones, brain activity that is sensitive to depression, showed little expression, and experiencing symptoms of depression, such as eating and sleeping difficult.
Dangerous when symptoms of depression in the newborn are not immediately addressed, children develop into children who are not happy. They are hard to learn to walk, body weight are less, and not responsive to other people. If this condition is still not overcome, the child will grow into a toddler who is depressed. When their son starts to school experience, they have behavioral problems, such as aggressive and easily stressed.
How to handle this?
Mothers who are depressed should get professional help. Because now they are the most appropriate place to consult, they will be providing the best solution for both mother and fetus in the womb.
There are several ways of doing therapy and consultation with your obstetrician as to the method of support group or psychotherapy that can be carried out routinely and periodically or with drugs รข € "drugs. If symptoms of depression that indicated very heavy then your obstetrician will probably prescribe some medicine to cope and certainly safe for those who are pregnant. If for any reason the mother did not feel comfortable to discuss with your doctor or therapist can then talk to his closest friends to exchange opinions.
In addition, it should be realized that the people who are very able to talk to understand what the mother is pregnant feel. Do not have to fight this depression alone, because at these moments the pregnant women in desperate need of someone to share to overcome the depression that is felt.
Importantly, this recovery effort should be made in the mother and baby. Do not just infants who were treated, while the mother is left increasingly to decline into depression or vice versa. Mother and baby must work together to overcome depression. My father also must play an active role in helping the healing of the people closest to this.
The role of father to mother who was pregnant and after delivery is very big. Pregnant women should receive maximum support from their husbands. Support the husband is shown in various ways such as giving peace of the wife helped in part the work wife or even just gives a light massage if wife feel sore. It is expected that the total support of husband, wife can get through the pregnancy with feelings of pleasure and away from depression.
Depression is a mood disorder that appears in 1 in 4 women who are pregnant and this is not something special. The disease is always plagued those who are pregnant, but often they are never aware of this depression because they think this event is a normal occur in pregnant women, but if not handled properly can affect the baby mother.
What causes the emergence of depression?
Depression during pregnancy is the same mood disorders like depression that occurred in the laity in general, where the incidence of depression will be changes in brain chemistry.
Depression can also be due to changes in hormones that affect mood affects my mother so that she felt upset, bored or sad. In addition, sleep disturbances that often occur before the birth process also affects the mother because of fatigue and facial skin becomes dull.
In addition, the fears of content, frequent vomiting in early first trimester, and other problems can also causes Mother have a depression. My mother would constantly worry about her baby and this situation will make you feel depressed.
Mothers who are depressed will experience the following symptoms for about 2 weeks, such as:
- The existence of feelings of sadness
- Difficulty in concentrating
- Sleeping too long or a little
- Loss of interest in usual activities favored
- Desperate, anxious
- Arise feelings of worthlessness and guilt
- There is a change in eating habits
According to the results of studies in the USA, Women who experience depression during early pregnancy are more likely to face birth before his time.
Depression is not treated as early as possible, will have adverse effects for mother and baby. There are 2 important things that might affect the baby in the womb, namely:
- Interference with the fetus is still in the womb
- The emergence of mental health disorders in children later
According to Tiffani Field, Ph. D from the University of Miami Medical School, based on research he had done for 20 years, he found children born to mothers who are severely depressed during pregnancy will have higher levels of stress hormones, brain activity that is sensitive to depression, showed little expression, and experiencing symptoms of depression, such as eating and sleeping difficult.
Dangerous when symptoms of depression in the newborn are not immediately addressed, children develop into children who are not happy. They are hard to learn to walk, body weight are less, and not responsive to other people. If this condition is still not overcome, the child will grow into a toddler who is depressed. When their son starts to school experience, they have behavioral problems, such as aggressive and easily stressed.
How to handle this?
Mothers who are depressed should get professional help. Because now they are the most appropriate place to consult, they will be providing the best solution for both mother and fetus in the womb.
There are several ways of doing therapy and consultation with your obstetrician as to the method of support group or psychotherapy that can be carried out routinely and periodically or with drugs รข € "drugs. If symptoms of depression that indicated very heavy then your obstetrician will probably prescribe some medicine to cope and certainly safe for those who are pregnant. If for any reason the mother did not feel comfortable to discuss with your doctor or therapist can then talk to his closest friends to exchange opinions.
In addition, it should be realized that the people who are very able to talk to understand what the mother is pregnant feel. Do not have to fight this depression alone, because at these moments the pregnant women in desperate need of someone to share to overcome the depression that is felt.
Importantly, this recovery effort should be made in the mother and baby. Do not just infants who were treated, while the mother is left increasingly to decline into depression or vice versa. Mother and baby must work together to overcome depression. My father also must play an active role in helping the healing of the people closest to this.
The role of father to mother who was pregnant and after delivery is very big. Pregnant women should receive maximum support from their husbands. Support the husband is shown in various ways such as giving peace of the wife helped in part the work wife or even just gives a light massage if wife feel sore. It is expected that the total support of husband, wife can get through the pregnancy with feelings of pleasure and away from depression.
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