Depression coming back, should I call MW?

[jennimoo]

I have suffered from depression and anxiety a couple of times over the years, so have been keeping an eye out since I got pregnanct. So far this pregnancy my mental health had been better than usual, but the last couple of weeks I've realised I'm starting to feel low, and overwhelmed by everything

I'm 30 weeks, don't have an apppointment booked for a couple of weeks, should I call the MW or GP, if so what might they suggest, or should I try to self-manage (I do know all the things I should be doing, and my husband is fab at helping).

Any experiences / thoughts?

I would speak to one of them. Whoever you get on better with. You need to get help asap as you will be all over anyway due to hormones & the birth could make it worse

I'm high risk for PND & have access to a MW that specialises in depression/Mh probs. Haven't used her yet but she was v nice & can help.

much better to get help ASAP. not to say you can't cope without it, you sound very self-aware which is great. but after the birth it'll be a lot harder to get help IME.

one thing that really helped during my first pregnancy - I was high PND risk too - was getting to know my health visitor before the birth (not standard procedure) - she visited a few times and it was a lot easier to talk to her when PND started after the birth.

Agree with what the others have said, it's good that you have recognised it early on and i think you should get help. Go and see your GP. You can go on anti-deps while pg if you need to.

Congratulations on your pregnancy!! Sorry to hear that you are feeling bad at the moment. I agree that it's a good idea to alert your GP/MW. But it can be quite normal to feel low and overwhelmed by the enormity of it all at various points during pregnancy. Just because you are feeling this now, it doesn't mean it's inevitable that you are sliding back down into depression. Good luck.

Good point cardamom. The way I always think of how to tell the difference is that although atm I often feel low and overwhelmed I can rationalise this in my mind and know it's just the hormones/pg - i.e. it's not out of all proportion with the situation I'm in. The way I know if I am getting depressed IME is if I can't make this rationalisation and my mood is out of all proportion with my situation.

Don't know if that makes any sense to anyone else but just in case it helps!

Thanks for the messages, helps to hear from others.
I was brave (find phoning people very stressful!) and called up the midwife and left a message, so should hear from her tomorrow as that's when she does her clinics, but will call gp if she doesn't get back to me in a few days.

Well done!! You should be proud of yourself !