From the category archives:

Post-Partum Depression

Thirteen weeks pregnant: ante-natal and post-natal depression

June 27, 2005

Today I was called in to see my doctor for a “chat”. This is not a usual thing. It turned out he wanted to assess me for ante-partum depression and the possibility that I might succumb to post-natal depression after the baby is born. It didn’t go well. Doctor L: “How are you? Are you [...]

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Helping myself

April 12, 2005

There are, I have decided, three things contributing to my ongoing depression. One is the fact that because we have decided to try for another baby (no news yet, before you ask) I cannot/do not want to take any medication. So I feel rather out on a limb because I know that I have to [...]

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The slippery slope

April 10, 2005

First comes the anger and other signs, evident I suppose in this week’s posts and in my daily life. Second comes the tearfulness. Third comes the realisation that I feel beyond help. I’m on that slippery slope of depression. I wish I could write something even remotely eloquent about how I am feeling, but it [...]

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Reasons to be cheerful, one, two, three

March 1, 2005

Last night I realised that my baby, my little cosy, sucky William, turned 21 months yesterday. In three months time he will be two. I’m thinking about this because we are planning a holiday and two marks the age at which you have to pay for their air fare, but also when they get free [...]

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Thank You

December 30, 2004

As the year draws to an end, I know that I have only really managed to get through it with the help of a lovely person called Triff (short for Triffid and I’m not making that up, really!) who was ‘assigned’ to me when I struggled with life and also with the friendship of my [...]

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