tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343905762115471242.post6091881199582621663..comments2023-07-31T16:03:17.063+01:00Comments on Smile and the world will smile with you, Sparkle and it will smile At you: Not just a parentlaurindaislahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325789227285284836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343905762115471242.post-45208416084041334022012-01-29T23:57:25.741+00:002012-01-29T23:57:25.741+00:00What a brave post, and well done for putting a pos...What a brave post, and well done for putting a positive spin on life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343905762115471242.post-89084069456648079722012-01-24T21:30:53.190+00:002012-01-24T21:30:53.190+00:00I have suffered PND since my son was born early 20...I have suffered PND since my son was born early 2010. I suffered in silence until August 2010 when I nearly had a break-down. I knew something was wrong when i cried for days and days. I was precribed Prozac & Diazapam. (I believe it all stemmed from the terrible way i was treated by midwives in hospital. They were so cruel and one even dragged me from my bed against my will when I was in pain with back spasms. I have a permanently damaged back due to a incorrectly sited epidural the first time with my daughter in 2008). Anyway I have had 2 C-Sections due to large babies and small pelvis. All really hard to recover from, plus the added trauma of the cruelty. I had other things going on too, housing problems with mould in the house that I had to fight to get resolved by my landlord. This made my newborn son's astma worse. I had also lost my job. Anyway, i tried to do it all on my own with only medication and the occassional chat with my GP. I was anxious about getting anybody with authority involved because I felt that I may lose my children. I am a good mum and now know that this will not happen. I tried coucelling once, came home in tears and decided not to go again. Now I have contacted Home Start a charity that helps with this sort of thing and they will send a volunteer out to me. Home Start also run family days out, which is good for us as we have no transport and two toddlers. Home Start put me in contact with my Health Visitor who now visits me on a regular basis. My Health Visitor has also assigned a Nursery Nurse to me and my children, who visits on a regular basis, so as I can give my children my 100%. I have also told my daughter's pre-school about my problems, so as they are aware and they help where they can. I cannot believe I managed to go all this time without help. Maybe if I had seeked help sooner it may not have lingered so long. I am seeing my GP for further help at the weekend. I have a long way to go, but hope that this is the start of my recovery now. I am feeling much more positive this year about things. PND is a terrible illness and nobody should suffer in silence. I hope many women read your blog. xxJust Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08657271710132353850noreply@blogger.com