Is it possible to get postpartum depression 10 days after a c section?
The c section was scheduled but honestly it was hell….the pain and pressure during the c section got so intense I started throwing up. Was in the hospital basically crying in pain every day ( told them multiple times I have chronic pain and possibly fibromyalgia) they knew this before the c section yet only ordered Tylenol for pain…..I literally felt like absolute shit. They sent me home with gabapentin, norco, ibuprofen and iron pills. Got home Sunday and the step kids started spring break here on Monday and with my luck not only did my 15 month old start coughing and sneezing but both step kids too. Wednesday I finally tell my husband take all 3 of them to urgent care now. And yep you guessed it if you said all 3 kids would test positive for rsv and my husband tested positive for the flu 🤦🏻♀️ basically me and our preemie newborn ( the obgyn had scheduled my c section for 36 weeks due to prior complications from the last c section) are stuck in the master bedroom quarantined to try and stay healthy. I literally feel so numb and depressed it’s unreal. The black out curtains don’t help….all I do is pump, change his diaper, nurse, eat the little that I can without crying in pain since I stopped all medication since I’m in here by myself with him. I havnt showered since last Sunday and I feel like absolute shit……prior to the c section I was already dealing with grief because my grandfather suddenly passed away the day before thanksgiving from a heart attack only 10 months after my grandmother died from congestive heart failure, dealing with that and my aunt who just got put on hospice due to her cancer and the doctors say chemo stopped working she has 6 months left, I literally can’t even get a break since not even all that but then getting a phone call that my grandfathers brother now has stage 3 liver cancer and some other relative just passed away suddenly too…..like I honestly feel like I want to breakdown……I have no therapist, no psychiatrist, the obgyn office literally rescheduled my postpartum appointment to a day I can’t even go because my husband is working and then had to cancel my appointment. I really am at a breaking point. I have lost 21 pounds in 8 days because every time I eat I cry in pain.
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Please, please, please reach out to your ob and tell them you need to be seen ASAP!
Sry but f him for that comment. You just had major abdominal surgery, your hormones are all over the place and you're keeping a tiny human alive. Postpartum depression is nothing to joke with and can become severe very quickly. You need to be seen so you can make sure you're okay
You are not fine! You get get postpartum depression literally up to 3 years after birth. You have a lot going on and if your husband can't see that then I don't know but baby girl you are not fine.
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