Why do I feel irritable after giving birth? Will it seriously lead to postpartum depression?

Many female friends will feel particularly irritable and depressed after giving birth. They will become extremely sensitive and will get angry at the slightest thing that goes against their will. Many people say that if mothers do not adjust their emotions in time during this period, they may suffer from postpartum depression. So why do women feel irritable after giving birth? Can you adjust?

Postpartum depression refers to the depressive symptoms that a woman experiences after giving birth. Its manifestations include depression, lack of pleasure, sadness and crying, worry, fear, irritability, and anger. In severe cases, the patient loses the ability to take care of himself and the baby, and becomes pessimistic and desperate, and even causes self-harm and suicide. If it can be identified early and treated actively, the prognosis is good. During pregnancy and childbirth, women experience a series of physiological, psychological and environmental changes. Postpartum mental health problems are very common, among which postpartum depression is the most common one.

Postpartum depression is caused by sudden changes in hormone levels in the mother's body. It is a psychological change caused by physiological changes, not because the mother is troublesome, pampered, or unsatisfied. At this time, the mother's family must provide psychological counseling, especially the husband plays a very important guiding role. Postpartum mothers are depressed and prone to the eight symptoms of depression?

1. Insomnia, fatigue, drowsiness, loss of appetite, and forgetfulness. These symptoms are all physiological manifestations. Some mothers may also suffer from low immunity and symptoms such as headaches due to postpartum depression.

2. Anxiety. Worrying too much about certain things, such as the baby's health, the problems of a loved one, the relationships in the family, etc., and imagining things that do not exist as real things.

(iii) Irritability. Most women become irritable and often angry after giving birth, and they get angry for no reason.

(iv) They love fantasy and fear. Because of anxiety, they worry too much about their babies’ health and imagine bad things happening to them, such as illness, death, etc.

(5) Lack of self-confidence, no interest in life, and a feeling that life is meaningless.

(6) Sometimes you like the baby, sometimes you hate the baby, sometimes you are happy, sometimes you are sad, your emotions fluctuate greatly. In the previous second you will smile knowingly because of the baby's cuteness, and in the next second you will be furious because of the baby's crying.

(VII) Crying often, sometimes crying loudly and sometimes crying secretly.

(8) In serious cases, there are suicidal thoughts or impulses.