Second child postpartum depression

Postpartum depression is a serious mental illness. Women are easily troubled by this disease, especially the second child. This disease can affect the daily life after giving birth and cause serious damage to the body, mind and spirit. Therefore, everyone should have a certain understanding of this disease so that it can be treated in time. So what are the symptoms of postpartum depression after the second child?

The symptoms of depression after giving birth to a second child are mainly as follows:

1. Long-term depression, feeling listless every day, feeling very sleepy, and easily crying because of trivial things.

2. Most patients have reduced self-esteem and are overly anxious about the health of their babies. They always feel that they are unable to take good care of their babies, and develop a sense of self-degradation and severe guilt.

3. It is easy to be full of prejudice against people around you, have very unharmonious relationships with family and husband, and even lack self-confidence in life. This will manifest in unwillingness to take care of children, feeling that their life is meaningless, and having difficulty sleeping. They will have difficulty falling asleep or insomnia, which will also affect the patient's appetite.

How to Get Rid of Postpartum Depression

It is normal for pregnant women to adapt to their new identity and role after giving birth, and to experience short-term depression. Taking care of a newborn is too tiring, and the change in the awareness of relatives and friends, etc., all these factors make mothers feel depressed and disappointed. However, as new mothers gradually adapt to the changes in their roles and their physical condition recovers, pregnant women generally get rid of postpartum depression quickly. If the depression of a pregnant woman does not improve over time or even has a tendency to worsen, for example, she is still depressed all day long after the confinement period, then relatives must warn the pregnant woman whether she has postpartum depression.

Postpartum depression not only harms the physical and mental health of pregnant women, but also affects the healthy growth and development of the baby. If postpartum depression occurs, family members, especially the husband, must pay more attention to his wife's mood, spend more time with his wife, and understand the knot in his wife's heart. They should not ignore his wife just because they have a baby. Instead, they should pay more attention to his wife to prevent her from having negative thoughts that he does not pay attention to himself because he has a baby. Pregnant women can also listen to relaxing music, read relaxing books, do some simple exercises, and divert their attention. If necessary, you can also consult a doctor to help pregnant women get rid of postpartum depression.