When I became pregnant with Baby #2, small cracks began appearing in my armor. This time the path to parenthood wasn’t so smooth. The pregnancy was stressful – a diagnosis of placenta previa, three deaths in our extended family and a little toddler withsensory issueswho wanted to prove t...
I have twice had a “period” and been pregnant. One of the times I had a baby, the other an ectopic pregnancy. You will be however far you would’ve been had you not had the “period”. I’d keep on your meds until told otherwise, and get some proper ...
These effective meds were the first type of antidepressant developed, but they’ve fallen out of favor because of their side effect profile. They work by changing the brain chemistry involved in depression, but also affect other neurotransmitters in the brain and digestive system, which causes the...
While the meds can increase or lower serotonin levels within a matter of hours, it takes weeks before it can truly make a difference. Moreover, the kind of drug prescribed will differ from one person to the next. The doctor may give you the medicine based on the following: ...
While there was nothing I could have done to prevent it, it’s still sometimes very hard for me to not feel like I failed them and everyone else so miserably. I think it’s also easy for women to feel like they are “less of a woman” when they can’t get pregnant after years ...
Shares Christine: “I could be starting it while crying and still breathing funky, and then after a few minutes of physically doing something that’s not stressful — and my brain has to focus on that — I realize I’m out of it, you know? It’s weird, but it’s good. It’s ver...
I will tell you that although I feel great and almost like nothing has happened to me, my meds (Prograff and Cellcept) make me very jittery, nervous, anxious, depressed and I feel like I am losing my short-term memory. The one thing that has really made me feel much better (physicall...
Some pregnant women are not comfortable taking antidepressants because they have not been proven to be fully safe during pregnancy. Talk Therapy Photo source: iStock The scientific basis for treatment Talk therapy, also known as psychotherapy, has been proven to be an effective way of alleviating ...
this support group has been an incredible blessing. It can be lonely. Doctors don't tell you about these feelings while you are pregnant and it seems taboo to say you are tired or the baby cries too much to family or friends. Keeping your feelings inside is very dangerous. Keep communicat...
I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding for the past seven years, and I’m hopeful that once I’m done nursing this baby, that I’ll be able to get off the meds and go back to 'normal.'" —Sara Rogers, 31, Kansas City, Missouri "I made sure I had something to do every day, ...