PREGNANCY & MEDS, BIRTH STORIES, & BREASTFEEDING

Pregnant and Petrified...

feeds@yuku.com (djones) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:32:22 GMT

Hello, I was wondering if you guys could give me some support. I suffered with PPD for 2 years before I finally found medication that helped me. I have horrible PMS and basically spent about 4 days a month feeling well. Celexa helped a bit but only was on for 2 months before I got pregnant and when I went off for a month I was totally fine so not fully sure if it was the meds that helped. I am not pregnant with my second child and of course, like last pregnancy, feel GREAT because I somehow...

Need advice regarding nighttime breastfeeding

feeds@yuku.com (sarahsweet) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:02:02 GMT

I know my depression is ten times easier to deal with when I have had adequate amounts of sleep. I am struggling with this because my exclusively breastfed 9 month old baby still wakes up to nurse two to three times a night. The pediatrician told me he does not need these calories throughout the night anymore. I am so tired in the night, that it is just easier for me to latch him on so he can eat quick and fall back asleep. He sleeps with me still, and I am really ready to get him in his...

another baby??????

feeds@yuku.com (seligcrystal) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:09:40 GMT

Husband is ready for another baby, and I thaught yah maybe I am too. And then the fears came. Our son is a year old, and it took us 3 years to get pregnant with him. We had to use infertility treatments. And that is partially why my husband is ready for another one right now. But all of a sudden I don't want another one right now, I am very scared about the after the birth time. I am totally ready to be pregnant again, I loved it and missed...

Need to vent!!!

feeds@yuku.com (Cesquin) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:04:49 GMT
So.. the only reason I am posting in this forum is because I am most likely going to be trying to conceive in the next couple of months. I wonder whether or not anyone will see it, but mostly I just need to vent.

We have been discussing conceiving in the near future and agreed that now was the best time. I want my son to have a sibling close to his age and I feel like I am ready, plus I am in the best job situation I have ever been in.. great pay and benefits, and reasonable hours....

Omega 3's and Breastfeeding

feeds@yuku.com (sarahsweet) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:27:26 GMT
Hi everyone! My name is Sarah and I am new to this site as of today. I am exclusively nursing my five month old and am taking Omega 3's. I know a lot of post partum women take them and I am wondering what dosage most of you take to help with moods that is also safe to take while nursing. I am currently taking four 1,200 mg capsules and not really seeing an effect with them. I heard that I could take more but am afriad to take too much due to nursing. If anyone has any advice on this...

trying to get pregnant again/meds question

feeds@yuku.com (klkf) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:58:16 GMT
Hello everyone!

I am trying to have another baby and am a little scared after the birth of my first child led to postpartum depression/anxiety. I got really sick, was not sleeping or eating, did not connect with my little girl for a long time, and scared my family and friends who had never dealt with this before. My husband was so confused, which led to him not being very supportive - telling me to snap out of it. I think he knows now what I've been through, but I still...

New baby due in two weeks

feeds@yuku.com (annelisemom) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:52:42 GMT
Well it is almost time...things are going pretty well here. I have gone back on cymbalta (30mg). I did this in the third trimester with doctor's permission. I really don't have any reservations about it and am hoping that it will just keep everything under control. I will see how it goes, but may increase the dosage after the baby is born. I have a PP doula set up..a good friend of mine, who also had PPD, and has since gone through DONA training.

Things had been pretty...

I'm due with #2 in 5wks! (Questions)

feeds@yuku.com (Lilly2) — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:34:57 GMT
I'm on 50mg of Zoloft and doing great at this point (I was on 175mg when I found out I was pregnant again in November though).

I'm just wondering if there are any specific things (big or little) I should be doing to prepare, also, if anyone on Zoloft while pregnant delivered a baby who experienced side effects.

I can't believe it is almost time!

Oh, what about birth control, with Zoloft, and breastfeeding? We are not having anymore until I am fully...

Daring to hope..

feeds@yuku.com (Cesquin) — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:06:13 GMT
I've been thinking a lot lately about planning for the future. I am currently in a job that I don't like most of the time, but it pays the bills and covers insurance for me and for my family. I keep reading these articles that say that you should not stay in a job just for the salary or the benefits, but I think that advice must always be coming from people who don't have to worry about it! At this point the job is temporary and what I would really like to do is have a tutoring...

opinion about med...haloperidol/ clonotril...PPD after 2 week of child birth

feeds@yuku.com (megan123) — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:35:32 GMT
Hi Everybody,

My sister is going through PPD/psychotic depression, I have explained her condition in other post:
http://postpartumdepression.yuku.com/topic/4428/master/1/

She has been prescribed haliperidol and clonotril , each three times a day. Because of these medications she is having excessive saliva. She sleeps most of the time and doesn't have energy to talk. This is her...

planning a pregnancy after ppd, etc.

feeds@yuku.com (rosysunset) — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:46:28 GMT
I just found this site today, and am so excited.

I was reading the post about pregnancy after ppd, and that is exactly where I'm at as well. My son is 20 months old, but I've only been feeling myself for about 2 1/2 months. His first year and a half were HORRIBLE. Seriously, it sends a shiver down my spine just thinking about it. My recovery started when he was a little less than a year old and I realized that he was better off having some anti-depressants in the milk he...

Help!!!

feeds@yuku.com (laughter in love) — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:19:15 GMT

Hey Ladies,
This is my first time posting but I love that I found this place where it seems like a lot of you are going through similar situations. I will try to write the short version. I have a son who just turned 6 in April. I was young and alone with him attempting to be super mom and super everything which led me to a hospitalization right after he turned 1.There I was diagnosed to be Bipolar never given any information about postpartum stuff or anything. So from that point on I...

Insomnia

feeds@yuku.com (aj) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:44:03 GMT
I have suffered from insomnia since I gave birth to my second son. I have still not been able to relax at night and he is 9 months old. I went through PPD with my first son as well, but not as severe. I have never had a hard time going to sleep until baby #2 came along. I need sleep aids and anti-anxiety medicine to put me to sleep every night. Will I always have to take medication for the rest of my life in order to get to sleep?? I do want more children, but do not want to have to take...

sleep meds & breastfeeding

feeds@yuku.com (estercita) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:40:00 GMT
Help! I've been having insomnia for 7 weeks now. I've been on Ambien for 4.5 (Ambien CR/extended release). At first I was getting 7-8 hours more nights than not (averaging 6-6.5). This was manageable. But in the last week I've only been getting 4-6 (averaging <5). Have gotten conflicting advice from doctors about Ambien & breastfeeding. I'm so anxious that it may be harming my baby b/c she has seemed sleepier than usual during the day. I cut back to 5 mg night before...

Pregnancy after Postpartum Depression

feeds@yuku.com (bouchard01) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:41:33 GMT
Hello ~ I would like some feedback from others who have had Severe Postpartum Depression and went on to have another pregnancy and birth.

My daughter is considering getting pg again, although he doctor does not advise it. This will be her 3rd child. She did not have PPD with her 1st, but it was severe with the 2nd because none of us including her recognized the symtoms and she waited much too long to get help. Her husband and I are more than willing to help anyway we can.
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body out of whack--help

feeds@yuku.com (Mommy2sweetgirls) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:31 GMT
I've been nursing my baby for almost 13 months but have been slowly weaning her. My period came back at about 6 mos and has been around until the last two months and now it has disappeared as I am weaning. That makes no sense to me. I am nursing less, feel like my period is coming any minute, yet it never comes. My uterus feels crampy but I had a negative pregnancy test...what is up?????? any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

Four months pregnant, ultrasound to be repeated

feeds@yuku.com (newmominnc) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:06:35 GMT
Hi everyone. I am four months pregnant and suffered from PPD/PPA with my first child who is almost 3. I am four months pregnant and I had my ultrasound at 18 weeks. Everything looked fine to the technician, but when the dr looked at the pictures the next day, the office contacted me and said that it needs to be repeated in 2 weeks. Evidently, the dr could not see 4 heart chambers and a few other things. The lady who called me to tell me this and scheduled the next ultrasound said that I...

weaning from breastfeeding and moods

feeds@yuku.com (Mommy2sweetgirls) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:53:51 GMT

my baby just turned a year old and I decided to cut back on nursing and add bottles. I tried to do it slowly, but felt my moods really going downhill so I went back to nursing a little more again and felt a little better, but she is still nursing twice during the night so I really never get good rest. Now I am worried about weaning in terms of making my moods bad. As I said, I was...

Does breastfeeding really help mood?

feeds@yuku.com (Lilly2) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:57:39 GMT
I'm just curious if anyone has really noticed a difference. I was breastfeeding very little in the first 6mos and increased very shortly before I started meds (just because I quit working temporarily) and my psychiatrist said that if I kept breastfeeding it would help my mood be better. When I got pregnant again I went off my meds and reduced breastfeeding again, this time just because my nipples were sore (he's nursing like once a day or less...he had been nursing every few hours...

more babies after ppd?

feeds@yuku.com (rlb) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:41:58 GMT
I am so amazed at how many of you I see having another baby after going through ppd. I think you couldn't have had what I have now. I wanted a family so badly, but after this crap I am second guessing. I am having such a disconnect from my son. I don't even want to take care of him or have any of the responsibilities of raising a child. It wasn't always this way. I was diagnosed about a month ago. Anyway, if you all felt any of this disconnect when going through ppd and still...