Post Partum Depression
Today's blog post is going to be a bit deeper than most. I guess I am reminiscing, as my son turned 2 recently. Thinking back on the last 2 years, I have both good memories, bad memories and some things I don't remember at all. The last 2 years I struggled with Post Partum Depression. Its not something that is commonly talked about, but I thought it was important to address. At first I thought it was new baby fatigue. I wasn't bonding with my baby the way I had with my first. I felt empty in a weird way. I didn't feel like myself and in fact I didn't know who I was anymore. It was like walking in the fog and everything was muted. I talked with my husband a little bit about it and how I thought that maybe I was depressed. He was supportive but didn't know how to help. So I sought out a doctor and was prescribed anti depressants. But I chose not to take them because I didn't want to become addicted to them. Looking back now I wish I had. I missed out on so...