Waiting for WAW to come back, patience is a virtue

[DaveJ]

Yes, I have found that most people don't really understand postpartum and just brushes it off as baby blues. I don't believe she has psychosis, but her depression was quite severe. She has really contemplated suicide. It's been 2 years since D was born and W is still on anti-depressant. And lately she's going into depression again and I don't recall it has been that bad since she was postpartum.

She said that next time if she's ever like that I'm suppose to drag her a$$ to the doctor even if she doesn't want to go. So I said you got it.

No issues with the first born. Of course it was a boy. Both time the birth was natural. Of course both times the baby came out so fast that it probably put her in a lot of shock. The baby came out before they put in the epidural. So basically the epidural kicked in after the baby came out. We did not expect anything like postpartum at all. No signs of it with our first. With our D I guess the girl hormones threw her completely out of whack. It was a difficult pregnancy with her blood pressure going sky high. When D arrived, W said that she did not want anything to do with her. Completely detached.

I guess the one good thing came out of this is I have a very special bond with my D. She's my special girl. I basically single handedly took care of her during that time and I think we really bonded. It just sucks now I only get to see her 3 times a week. I love my S equally but there's just something special between D and I.