Depression during and after pregnancy

Depression during and after pregnancy, is the most fraught stage of a woman’s life. Even those women who have been immune to the signs of depression all their life are likely to experience this complication during the pregnancy and even after it.

It is the physical as well as the mental changes taking place in the woman’s body during this stage that creates havoc and leads to depression, also known as perinatal depression. Also, hormonal imbalances play the key role in making a woman feel weaker, heavier and depressed. As the shape of the body changes and mobility tends to become more of a problem during the third trimester, depression creeps into the minds of the women and they simply fail to come out of it.

The causes of depression during adolescence can range from normal psychological confusion to the physical changes and developments. Also, environmental discomfort, school and college life, friends and enemies, anything that seems to be a threat or can create confusion can be extremely depressing for a person at this age.

Perinatal depression is attributed to some kind of abuse, lack of family support, problems during pregnancy or previous pregnancy, financial problems or marital problems and age.

Post pregnancy, the signs of depression are known as postpartum depression or baby blues. Fatigue, an overwhelming feeling, changes in the home and work life, changes in the body and the shape and a sudden irrelevant identit