Dr. Edna Lekgabe
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But it's not as prevalent as anxiety.
Postnatal depression can be completely debilitating for some women.
for 10% of women.
So one in 10 women get it, right?
And it doesn't show up day one postpartum.
Day one postpartum is usually the baby blues.
We call it baby blues, but it's mattresses.
We have to have a medical name for baby blues, hormones crashing, mother's adjusting baby blues, but depression usually it kicks in.
The highest peak is around four months postpartum.
Yeah, this is where the social supports have left.
You're on your own.
Sleep deprivation is like piled on.
You're feeling quite lonely and things feel different.
You're now right in that ambivalent state that I was talking about.
There's a pull towards the baby.
But I miss sleeping and I miss going out and I miss doing all these other things.
I miss the old self.
But I also don't want to be the old self.
I also want to be here.
So you're alone in this and nobody around you can tell you what's happening.