Anyone who had PPD come out alive? But in all seriousness, I am 10m pp and the PPD has been hitting really hard lately. Just looking for some reassurances that it will be OK.

I haven’t had children yet but I am rooting for you, you will get out of this! Sending support💜

Had PPD with my first and severe perinatal depression with my third. It is so hard to see the light, any light. I sobbed because my husband refused to listen to my post death wishes. Ultimately, I confided in a few friends and sent them emails that they could read or not, but had the info I wanted known.

My oldest is 10 and my youngest is 4 and I'm writing this from bed, not 6 feet under. You can make it out, but please seek help or confide in friends (or find strangers online, that helped me too).

You can make it through but it is so damn hard. Seeking help from every angle is your best bet, even if that seems scary. I got on antidepressants when my second was about 10m and it accelerated feeling more normal, but also, you will eventually have better sleep, more stable hormones, and a better ability to focus on your own needs. Being postpartum is uniquely hard, and then you get the added pressure of hearing how "these are the best days" - uh, nope. My second is now 2.5, and I am finally, finally feeling like I can see my true self again.

Yes! Almost 3 yrs in and life is difficult for a variety of other reasons. But I don’t feel anywhere near what I felt back at the stage you’re in - and it’s hard to believe there were moments it felt as dark as it did. Like others have said, get support wherever and however you think you need it. But it will pass and you’ll come out okay.

Yes! Are you working with a therapist? Taking an antidepressant? You need support - in my experience this doesn’t resolve on its own, even if people blow it off like it will resolve with the hormone crash.

Yes! You are doing something incredible and difficult in a way that only other moms can understand. I honestly believe that being “okay” post partum is the exception. There was a point when I truly believed my daughter would be better off with another mom, and I was convinced I was the only person who ever felt like this until I started therapy. Just know you are NOT in this alone. Reach out to a therapist, lean on the people in your circle and ask for help when you need it. You are a great mom, you are doing a great job and it will get better. Cheering for you. 💕

Not a mom, but know women very close to me who struggled with PPD. Know that it’s not all in your head, it’s not just normal “baby blues” and you don’t need to suffer it as some rite of passage, and that it’s ok to acknowledge you need help. PPD makes you feel isolated. You owe it to yourself and your baby to seek professional help (a therapist who will listen, validate and provide tools), lean on friends and family and don’t feel bad for asking for help—they will want to help. Be selfish with your needs as well. Yes you have to take care of a baby which takes almost 100% of you, but you ALSO need to take care of YOU. That includes a daily shower of more than 30 seconds and fresh clothes daily (look at these things not as merely self care but a basic human right)—make them part of daily goal that you deserve!! If you can outsource house work by hiring a maid biweekly, do it. If you need to take an hour every week to get a blow out because that’s the only time you’ll was your hair, do it. You will get through this and this is only temporary. Let that part of you that can deliver billables, graduate law school, pass the bar etc remind you that you can do anything. We are all rooting for you!!

Yes, I had PPOD with psychosis. It took me about 3 years and what felt like 15 psychiatrists to get my medicine correct. Get help if you haven’t already.

You’ve just been through something so impossibly hard and you’re not even to the fun part yet!! Try to give yourself grace and remember that it’s ok to ask for help. In a year when you’re sleeping through the night and the hormones have leveled out and the baby is singing silly songs and making you laugh, this will all feel like a bad dream. Hang in there ❤️

PPD and Anxiety really hit for me as I weaned and stopped breastfeeding. Turns out that's a common occurrence that I never knew about. As others have said, seek all the forms of help & support you need to get you through. 🩷

I'd recommend a support group or therapist ASAP if you have access to either. PPD is a bitch to get through and everyone I know who got through it "relatively" quickly are the ones who got support as early as possible.

Thank you for sharing this. PPD/PPA are not talked about nearly enough. Speaking from experience, it’s devastating to go through but yes there is hope and healing. If you have a good OB-GYN, they can be a tremendous resource, and please find a psychiatrist and therapist with experience with PPD. You absolutely can recover.

Not PPD but I had SEVERE PPA after my daughter was born. It will be ok. Talk to your doctor about meds - I’m sorry I didn’t start them sooner.

hi. i do not have children, but i do have close friends who had PPD or PPA. they are okay and thriving now. i know it’s really hard when you’re in the thick of it, but try to remember this is your body having a reaction to all the hormones and stuff it has been through the past 9 months. you just did an amazing thing, but it is also a HUGE change. you will be okay, i promise. i would highly recommend, if you’re open to it of course, seeing a therapist or psychiatrist that specializes in PPD/PPA/overall postpartum issues. there are so many options for helping with this, and you don’t have to suffer at all.