Symptoms of postpartum depression

Giving birth will bring about huge changes to a woman's body. Since many women cannot accept these changes for a while after giving birth, they become increasingly depressed and may develop postpartum depression. Postpartum depression not only brings a huge blow to a woman's body, but more importantly, it is a mental illness. Severe postpartum depression can also make the mother tend to commit suicide. What are the main symptoms of postpartum depression?

What are the symptoms of postpartum depression?

(1) Poor appetite

Postpartum depression is not obvious at first, and many people don't even notice it at all. However, with the onset of postpartum depression, patients will experience symptoms of poor appetite, even the foods they usually like to eat will lose their appetite, and their weight will drop significantly.

(2) Worrying every day

What are the symptoms of postpartum depression? As it is the first time for a mother to interact with a baby and the first time to be a mother, she often lacks confidence in parenting life and is worried all day long. Some will show symptoms of distraction and slow thinking. If you always experience such emotions after giving birth, you should take it seriously.

(3) Feeling negative and pessimistic

With the onset of postpartum depression, mothers will begin to have a negative evaluation of themselves. When they see their baby crying, they will feel frustrated and even blame themselves for everything. If this continues for a long time, their negative emotions will increase, and in serious cases, they may even develop suicidal tendencies.

(4) Insomnia

What are the symptoms of postpartum depression? Also affected by the emergence of postpartum depression, mothers begin to have serious insomnia problems, such as difficulty falling asleep, short sleep time, easy awakening, etc. If they do not receive timely and effective treatment at this time, they may lose weight rapidly.