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Why can pregnant woman postpartum have postpartum depression? The harm of postpartum depression

Pregnant women should be happy after giving birth to their babies. It's a very happy thing. But in China, many pregnant women will suffer from postpartum depression, anxiety, and even self harm. Why does postpartum depression happen to pregnant women?

Steps / METHODS: 1 first of all, female friends will grow spots on their faces during pregnancy, and their bodies will also go out of shape. They will no longer be beautiful before pregnancy. Some women who pay special attention to their appearance will have no confidence in themselves, so they are prone to depression.

There is also just after the birth, the sexual hormones and social roles of female friends have changed a lot. If you can't adapt to this change quickly, you will have depression.

There is also an external cause, that is, when pregnant, it should be taken care of by the husband, but the husband not only does not take care of himself, but also has a bad life, which makes female friends hurt their feelings, so that they feel confused about marriage, depressed, leading to depression.

Note: when a female friend is pregnant, she should not only pay attention to her physical health, but also to her mental health.

The harm of postpartum depression

1. Mother infant connection refers to the emotional bond between the mother and the baby, which depends on some factors, including the physical contact between the mother and the baby, the baby's behavior and the mother's emotional response. This kind of emotional disorder often has a bad effect on children. Research shows that the mother may refuse to take care of the baby when the mother infant connection is poor, which may cause damage to the baby and hinder the normal development and growth of the baby.

2. The adverse effects of depressed mothers on their children mainly include reading ability and sports skills. Research has found that girls whose mothers have depression will enter puberty earlier than other girls.

3. Postpartum depression patients feel sick. Although postpartum depression is a mental disease, many patients have physical discomfort: such as dry mouth, constipation, anorexia, dyspepsia, palpitation, shortness of breath and chest tightness.

4. When the condition of postpartum depression is serious, the puerpera will have extreme pessimism, and want to be free from death. However, they are afraid that their children will be neglected in the future, so they will have infanticide thoughts and behaviors. In addition, there are also some depressed pregnant women affected by the condition, grumpy and irritable, suspected of crying in the middle of the night and covering their children with pillows.

5. Postpartum depression often leads to suicidal tendency and should be treated in time. It is understood that the number of postpartum depression patients has increased significantly. In recent years, many of them show depression before delivery. Patients with severe depression often have a negative suicidal tendency, and the suicide mortality rate can reach 15% to 25%.