Baby blues at 6 months?

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My baby has just turned 6 months old and in most ways i couldn’t happier! She is perfectly healthy, happy and a beautiful little girl and is sleeping and eating brilliantly! So why have i started feeling down? My 2 best friends have had babies around the same time as me and have both had to deal with alot, with their babies and personal lives. My home life is perfect, i have a brilliant family and an extremly supportive partner, i almost feel like i can’t talk to anyone as i have no need to be down! I feel like if i try and say anything to anyone they will just roll their eyes and think why should i be down when everything is going well? I feel guilty feeling like this, when there are people deeling with so much. Is it possible to get post-natal depression 6 months after having a baby or is this just a phase?

I think it is possible, but that doesn't mean that's what you've got. Are you getting enough sleep? It's so important, and if you're up in the night it can really take its toll on your mood. I think you should tell your partner how you feel. Just because everything is going well doesn't mean you shouldn't feel down, nobody can help how they feel.

I think it can kick in even later. I don't want to scare you, but I know first hand the sooner you get help once PND strikes, the better the outcome. I was in the same boat, perfect life and much wanted baby. Hormones and sleep deprivation are indiscriminate.

Can you talk to someone close about how you feel? And a health visitor / GP?

Whether just a phase or something more serious, it never hurts to talk and get some advice from your GP / health visitor x

It's definitely possible. PND hit me hard when DS3 was 6 months old, it was a very difficult time. I felt like you, everything perfect in my life but something wasn't right. I got help & gradually felt better.

Don't feel guilty, see your GP & get some help

Mental ill health can strike anyone at any time, even if your life is generally going well. In fact, that’s when it can be at its worst, because you’re thinking “but why? I have a lovely baby, a great partner, great family”. As humans we love to search for the solution to things and if we can’t find one we can feel lost and confused.