What to do when you think you've got post-natal depression
Talk to your health visitor and GP. If either thinks you may have postnatal depression, counselling and medication can really help. You're not a failure by admitting to depression. You'd go to a doctor if you were physically poorly, and it's no different. Counselling is not about lying on a couch looking tragic; it's concerned with taking matters back into your own control, and talking your thoughts and feelings through with a professional who can give you a new perspective.
Christine Northam, a senior counsellor with Relate
More help and advice
- Get the full facts about post-natal depression
- Advice from a midwife on coping
- Tips on dealing with the depression
- Possible problems in your baby's first year
- Read one woman's admission that she resented her daughter
By Christine Northam
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