“Great taboo on depression during pregnancy” – ThePostOnline

LONDON (Reuters) – There is still a big taboo to depression of pregnant and nursing women. ,, The default image on TV and in movies is that of a soul happy mother with a bubbly baby in her arms, “concludes Veerle Bergink, psychiatrist and researcher at Erasmus MC. ,, In real life is sometimes different. “

5 to 10 percent of women will suffer from depression surrounding the birth of her child. But for example ,, Parents of now, a magazine aimed at young parents, you read anything at all about this. Most a totaalruptuur, and at the end of the story the woman is very happy with her child. So it really does not always work, “says Bergink.

,, in pregnancy are mental disorders in women too often trivialized. That goes with it, hear them. Or “wait until you have your baby in your arms, then you know where it occurs.” Many women do not feel taken seriously. “

Guilt

,, If that baby is finally in their arms and they feel nothing, there is a huge sense of guilt. Because of society you only hear but that this should be the best time of your life. But for many women it is a nasty, lonely time. As a woman saying that you cherish no feelings for your child, there is a big taboo. “

,, You grow a next generation with mental health problems if you do not treat women,” says child psychiatrist Mijke Lambregtse-van den Berg. Hand work stress hormones from the mother through the unborn child. But after birth can cause a depression in the mother for problems in the child.

Laugh

,, A mother who does not back smiles as she gets a smile from her baby. A woman who does not respond or very exaggerated her child. This leads to problems later in life, such as anxiety, depression and learning disabilities. “

According Lambregtse is postpartum depression, if diagnosed, treatable. ,, Preferably with the child there. Because not only the symptoms of the woman should be treated, even the bond with her child. ,, Obstetricians, gynecologists, psychiatrists and psychologists have been working hard together to provide care for these women and their children well, “experiencing Bergink. ,, Now the society and the media yet. “