Hello.
After a lot of insisting that I just had bad baby blues I have had to admit to having PND. Its my 3rd baby, and tbh I am really shocked by it. This time around I have so many more friends with kids, we are settled in a lovely area with people around me (very differnt situation to both previuos pgs) so I really thought I would be safe from it. Anyway, it has well and truly reared its ugly head and I feel terrible. Not all days are awful, but at best I just feel a bit low, then on days like to day I think I cant cope with feeling like this any longer. Dh is truly fabuluos, in fact has just taken a couple of days off to look after me. I finally told a couple of friends who are being as supportive as I think its possible to be. HV is fairly useless, but has referred me to a pnd support group and gp has referred me for counselling which should kick in in the new year. I really want to try and manage it without anti ds. Mainly because I dont want to stop breastfeeding. I realise that if it gets too bad then its better that the kids have a sane mum than dd2 getting breastfed, but I as long as I can manage I would like to try.
Has anyone else manaed it without? Also, does anyone know how long in general pnd lasts. I know its probably how long is a piece of string, but is there a norm?
Sorry, long post!