Is all depression post natally PND?

[ASecretLemonadeDrinker]

Just been thinking, I gues it doesn't matter what it's labelled (?) but I have had depression for , well definatly 5 odd years and I know probably after DS3 is born I will go on ADs. I have never felt suddenly bad after kids, it's eases and gets worse regardless. SO, when I more than likely see GP is it just going to be labelled PND, or depression? TBH I do see some actual differences, I have never been detached from the DSs, never any thoughts about harming them, nothing at all that I'd say is more specific to PND - anyone know anyhting about this? THanks

It's very hard to define it tbh. I was diagnosed with PND when my youngest was 15 months, and the man who diagnosed (I don't know officially what his job title was, he was the top guy of the mental health team) said I had probably been depressed since having dd1 5 years before! I do think I have a tendancy to depression anyway, my teenage years were definately marred by depression, but now I have the label of PND. Fwiw, with my first I definately had antenatal depression. No doubt about it, I was extremely depressed for all sorts of reasons. But I don't think I had PND at all. With my second I had both antenatal and postnatal depression, but by the time I was diagnosed it had evolved into a terrible anxiety disorder brought about by a shitty set of circumstances all colliding together spectacularly all at once. The fact that I had a young baby was incidental I think.