For many women, having a baby delivers all the profound joy they anticipated and brings happiness beyond description.
With this resource and available knowledge in hand, they are likely to feel more empowered, enabling them to proceed with confidence..
What if I get depressed again? What if it\'s worse this next time? What if something terrible happens? What if I\'m making a mistake? Filled with self-help strategies, current treatment recommendations, and practical advice, this book offers women the hope, confidence, and support they need to make this journey in spite of their anxiety.
As these women know, planning another pregnancy can be a process filled with profound anxiety, indecision, fears, and self-doubt.
What Am I Thinking contains essential information for a woman and her family who plan on having another baby after a previous experience with postpartum depression.
This book was written to accompany these women on their journey toward a subsequent pregnancy after postpartum depression.
If you ask a woman who has recovered from postpartum depression if she wants more children, she may say, yes, but I\'m scared to go through that again.
No more children.
If you ask a woman in the throes of a depression this question, she may say, no.
At some point, the question of having another baby arises.
Instead, women with postpartum depression (PPD) are often gripped with feelings of deep sadness, confusion, anxiety, and despair, and they are deprived of their anticipated joy in their first precious months with their baby.
For women who experience depression after the birth of a baby, this joy can seem elusive.
For many women, having a baby delivers all the profound joy they anticipated and brings happiness beyond description
