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Surveys show that 10-20% of mothers suffer from an episode of
depression lasting longer than a month in the year following childbirth.
Symptoms can include:
- tearfulness
- anxiety
- depressed mood
- guilt
- lack of concentration
- poor appetite
- feelings of tiredness
- inability to cope with the baby and with routine tasks
- loss of interest in sexual activity
- insomnia
These symptoms often persist for months and markedly
impair the mother's quality of life. Help can reduce
the severity and shorten the period of misery.
Agencies
in Golden Bay Who Could Help
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Medical Centre..............................525-9911
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Child Health Nurse........................525-8451
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Rural Mental health..................025-499-171
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Community Workers.....................525-9728
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Homebuilders................................525-9728
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Maori PND Contact........................525-9270
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Public Health Nurse......................525- 9303
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Lifeline....................(Toll
free 0800-423-743)
Counsellors
BOOKS THAT CAN HELP
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Mothers Matter Too...........................Jenny
Phillips
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Why Women Don't Have Wives...........Terry
Apter
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Women's Reality....................
Anne Wilson Schaef
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Women Who Love Too Much.... Robyn
Norwood
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Mothers Manual................................. Jenny
Phillips
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The New Mother Syndrome.....................
Carol Dix
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Post Natal Depression..............
Vivienne Welburn
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The Silver Lining......................... Margaret
Mourant
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Becoming a Mother ................................Ann
Oakley
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Depression After Childbirth..........Katharia
Dalton
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Parent Burnout ............................Joseph
Progallini
& Mark Kiefaber
Books are available for
loan from the Takaka Memorial Library, The Community Workers Office and the Golden Bay Community Hospital.
Well Mother.com has a lot of useful
information
click on the picture below
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The following link will take you to a Golden Bay woman's postnatal depression
story told in her own words. She has agreed to share this with you.
If you think that you may be suffering
from Postnatal Depression but are not sure, click on the link below and complete the questionnaire. If you are still
concerned contact your GP, midwife or counsellor for help and advice about what to do next.
click
here to check if you have Postnatal Depression
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