Postpartum Depression - What it Really Looks Like

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✨ UNLOCK YOUR BRAIN'S FULL POTENTIAL! My free 2-minute quiz reveals your unique "Brain Operating System" and gives you a personalized guide to master your focus, handle stress, and perform at your best. Take the Quiz → https://drmarks.co/BrainQuiz-yt What Postpartum Depression Really Looks Like. This is part one of a series I’m doing on women’s mental health topics. This video is based on a viewer question from Dr. Mohammed El Sherif who is a obstetrician gynecologist with his own YouTube Channel. He wanted me to help his viewers understand Postpartum depression. Perinatal depression refers to depression that occurs before, during and after pregnancy. During pregnancy it is called antenatal depression and anytime within 4-6 weeks after giving birth it’s called postpartum depression. Many more women develop baby blues which is mostly sadness, irritability and sleeping problems, but baby blues resolve within the first 10 days. Postpartum depression has a deeper level of sadness, hopelessness or worthlessness. and trouble functioning and lasts much longer. The symptoms can last weeks to months. For some women this can be the start of a recurring illness that comes back in the future and lasts for months or years. The depression that can happen postpartum, generally has the same symptoms as a depression that’s not related to pregnancy. This would be symptoms like depressed mood, poor appetite, poor sleep – and this poor sleep would look like trouble sleeping when your baby

Published 2019-05-08 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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