Also, be aware that
like baby blues or postpartum depression, Post Adoption Depression Syndrome (PADS) can affect newly adoptive parents.
Postpartum depression can look
like the baby blues but the major difference is that it continues over several weeks and doesn't resolve on its own.
Like the baby blues, it can affect all mothers — not just first - timers.
KRISTEN STRATTON: Our panelists, did you feel
like your baby blues experience for the first couple weeks reflected some of what Gretchen said or did you feel like you had something different going on?
Initially this will feel more
like baby blues but the symptoms will persist and become severe over time.
Not exact matches
I generally
like sweet BBQ sauces,
like Sweet
Baby Ray's or
Blues Hog, but the Brombergs» sauces is just kinda meh.
I had a bad case of the
baby blues after my two but nothing
like the sheer misery of PND.
Green, white, some
blues and some shades of yellow are good neutral colours for a
baby onesie, along with character designs
like winnie the pooh and tigger.
KRISTEN STRATTON: I
liked Baby wearing just also for breastfeeding because you can pick up these really hunger blues and you're not always feeding your baby because they're screaming their head
Baby wearing just also for breastfeeding because you can pick up these really hunger
blues and you're not always feeding your
baby because they're screaming their head
baby because they're screaming their head off.
I frequently hear and have witnessed repeatedly the following; pain relief following birth, more rapid initiation of a milk supply and an increase in supply when capsules are increased or reintroduced after the initial «milk coming in», better weight gain in
babies whose mothers are consuming placenta capsules, markedly faster cessation of postpartum bleeding and more rapid return of the uterus to pre-pregnancy size, hormonal balance resulting in a decrease or completely non existent «
baby blues», even moms who have struggled with moderate postpartum depression (many of which required medication) after past pregnancies seem to sail through reporting the difference feels
like night and day!
But if you feel
like your feelings go beyond the
baby blues and you might have PND, it's SO important to chat to a doctor, midwife or health visitor.
It is INCREDIBLY emotional: The post-birth period can be marked by many different emotions, from post-birth elation through to the downer of
baby blues from day three onwards, to the post-
baby rage, to extreme exhaustion when it seems
like no - one's getting any sleep — especially you.
I felt
like I had
baby blues all over again.
I
like bright reds, yellows and
blues for showers and gifts, and
babies like primary colors too.
Meltzer - Brody thinks it's terrific that celebs
like Lachey and Lopez are coming forward to talk honestly about their experiences with the
baby blues.
I'm trying to prepare myself for some
baby blues, and I yeah just reading what the «normal
baby blues» may look
like according to this article sounds totally daunting.
There's nothing to help boost a new mom out of the
baby blues like thinking about the neglected and orphaned children of our world.
The
baby blues like I said, it is this sort of fleeting recalibration of the body's energy, emotional and psychological system.
Like most expectant mothers I was aware of postpartum depression and
baby blues, but never thought that would be me since I didn't have a history of depression and I was so excited for the arrival of my
baby.
Baby blues feels
like kind of a sudden upset, tearfulness, some confusion.
Despite it feeling
like forever in the moment, the
baby blues should resolve within a week or two.
But I know, for about two weeks, I did have the «
baby blues», and I was
like «Crap, I should have, you know, encapsulated my placenta, maybe it would have been better».
Just
like with
baby blues it is thought that the main cause for PPD is the shift in hormones experienced after giving birth.
Yes, a few times I have whispered his name out of the
blues and for no reason imagined what it would have been
like if I had married him and his beautiful
babies were mine, even occasionally stalked him on social media... but I have never contacted him or reached out.
Postpartum depression doesn't always look exactly
like the amped up «
baby blues» you read about in What To Expect When You're Expecting.
I have heard of the
baby blues, but this is something else altogether; this feels
like the
baby black and
blues.
I do abstractly
like ultramarine and cornflower
blues,
baby and powder
blues... but there is a great difference between
liking a color and wanting to wear it.
Maybe it's just the ol'
baby blues, but this seems
like the perfect outfit to wear for a cycling session to the beach.
Trade out neon pink and
baby blue shades for deeper purples and
blues like Fudge Urban Hair Chalk in Pumped - Up Purple.
And while his cohorts are off robbing a bank,
Baby is rocking out to the
likes of Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion, Queen or Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers.
Intestinal forms in
baby pinks and
blues wriggle and quiver
like serpents hypnotised by a snake charmer — though arguably the fibreglass supports detract from the effect.
The recent pastels trend however has seen high - end design houses using pinks, peaches and
baby blues in a surprising combination with cutting - edge, modern materials
like perspex and plastic.