DEPRESSION DURING PREGNANCY.
It is natural to feel emotional when you're pregnant. But if you’re feeling sad more than you’re feeling happy you may have antenatal depression.
Antenatal depression:
Antenatal depression is when you feel sad all the time for weeks or months during your pregnancy. The condition can vary from mild to severe .
Pregnancy hormones can affect a woman's emotions. You need to judge whether you are feeling normal or low. So that you can talk to your doctor or friends or companion.
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Signs of depression :
- feeling worthless
- Feeling restless
- Feeling guilty
- Loss of self-confidence
- Feeling irritable
- Feeling tearful
- Feeling down most of the time
- Thinking about harming yourself
Causes of depression :
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- If you are heaving unplanned pregnancy
- If you are having anxiety or depression before
- Experienced domestic abuse or violence
Precautions :
- Eat well even if you don’t have much hunger.
- Exercise as much as you can. Keeping active will release some feel-good endorphins
- Avoid alcohol and smoking. This can harm your baby and make you feel worse.
- Try not to feel guilty, ashamed or embarrassed.
- Talk to someone you trust about your feelings, such as your partner, family or a friend.
Treatment :
Firstly you need to tell your partner or doctor. Treatment usually involves self talk therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and medicines.
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