Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
**Trigger Warning: This post contains mentions of suicide and self-harm** Is there a difference between "baby blues" and postpartum depression? Yes. Most certainly. Many women experience the "baby blues" after having a baby. Hormone levels are all over the place. You're making some huge life adjustments that you can't possibly fully prepare for. It's a wonderful, exciting time, but it's also stressful and exhausting. Hence, the ups and downs, the fatigue, the anxiety. Postpartum depression is more than that, though. After Sweet Boy was born, I had the "baby blues" for the first week or two. I was exhausted, sore, and irritable. At times, I resented the many "inconveniences" of having a newborn baby. Sweet Boy was born three days before Thanksgiving, and I remember sitting down to eat the feast my family had prepared, exhausted and grouchy, just as the baby started to cry because he was hungry. My frustration and anxiet...