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You always dreamed of becoming a mother, trying for a while to get pregnant and finally doing it. But suddenly, at the moment when it should be the happiest phase of your life, the long-awaited pregnancy happened and you are stricken with endless sadness. This without any reason and without explanation.
Is Sadness a Symptom of Pregnancy?
What is happening? Usually this sadness happens due to the emergence of the pregnancy symptoms , because, the woman imagines that she will have a perfect pregnancy, without nausea and discomfort and when the symptoms and discomfort happen, she realizes that the pregnancy is not only flowers as she dreamed.
The tiredness, fatigue and discomfort caused by pregnancy and not counting the amount of care that is recommended, also care with food and prohibitions, can leave the future mom feeling sad at this stage. The pregnant woman may be overcome by sadness for no reason. Other causes are constant concerns about the baby’s health, such as childbirth, radical changes in the body and other reasons. Anything that brings concern to the mother can affect a delivery of pure sadness and this is natural, because the woman is experiencing a whirlwind of emotions and hormones working at full throttle.
Best Medicine for Sadness
The best remedy to remove this sadness, is to vent your fears, talk a lot, clear your doubts and don’t live with crickets on your head that will only increase your sadness during pregnancy.
Get out more, have fun, make programs more lively, invite your friends and family to fun programs at home, even if you are not willing to go out. What you cannot do is let this sadness in pregnancy take over you and end up evolving into depression.
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How to Diagnose Depression in Pregnancy
Depression in pregnancy is caused by a wave of sadness that does not go away at all and when the woman surrenders to the situation, she comes without asking permission and takes care.
She presents with signs of pure anxiety, loss of sleep, lack of appetite, very despondency and a deep sadness that makes the pregnant woman feel like doing absolutely nothing. It is usually related to the increase in hormones progesterone and estrogen .
However, according to studies, 95% of women who suffer from depression during pregnancy are experiencing family, financial and even health problems that raise many concerns.
Explanatory Video
If you have been experiencing this situation for more than two weeks, talk to your obstetrician, he will be able to recommend the use of medication to control depression without affecting the baby’s development.
Try to talk as much as possible with your friends, partner, family, do not overburden yourself and do not cover yourself as much, as this phase is difficult for all women. Try to live this phase of pregnancy as calmly as possible, occupy your head, try to feel useful and have a life as normal as possible, of course in moderation.
This will not only be good for your health, but also for your head and your life with your family, who will pass through the nine months of pregnancy enjoying every minute.
See also: Baby Blues – Postpartum sadness
My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.
Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.
