Baby Blues

This is a very distressing condition with many symptoms. Postnatal depression is thought to affect at least one in ten women, but many women suffer in silence.

Postnatal Depression

Postnatal depression usually begins two to eight weeks after delivery. Sometimes the symptoms of baby blues do not go away or can appear up to six months or even a year after the birth of the baby. Feelings such as tiredness, irritability or poor appetite are normal if you have just had a baby, but usually these are mild and do not stop you living your life. With postnatal depression you may feel increasingly low and despondent and looking after yourself or the baby may become too much. Some other signs of postnatal depression are:

• anxiety
• panic attacks
• sleeplessness
• aches and pains or feeling unwell
• memory loss or unable to concentrate
• can't stop crying
• feelings of hopelessness
• loss of interest in the baby


What to do?

If you think that you are experiencing postnatal depression don't struggle on alone. Postnatal depression is an illness like any other. Ask for help just as you would if you had broken your leg.

Contact the Support Centre at 2AS1 to talk to our trained Counsellors in Pregnancy & Abortion Issues.

We are here to help & Support you.

Call 0700 2222 700