Is post-partum a form of depression?

I’m confused are you asking is post-partum depression a form of depression?

@Daija No, I am trying to make my boyfriend understand that post partum is a stage every mom goes through and that doesn't mean we have PPD. He's insisting that post partum and depression are the same and I am really getting annoyed.

Post partum is literally just the stage after your baby is born how does he think that is the same as depression?

postpartum literally just means after birth/pregnancy. google it and show him

@Eve I showed him your answers and he's trying to diagnose you with depression. I'm sorry but I'm in a toxic relationship, just fyi.

@Izzie he said that "we might have depression".

he’s a dumbass then 🤷🏽‍♀️

You can’t reason with stupid 😬

He should just Google it and that will tell him his wrong, there's post partum (period after birth) then there's post partum depression, post partum anxiety and post partum rage. You can have them, all of them or just a mix of a few or even just 1. Honestly some people 🙄 they always say you can bring a horse to water but you can't make it drink some people are just so stubborn

@Ailyn yikes sorry but he sounds thick af 🤣😭

@Eve 😂

@Olivia 😂 I should've realized sooner

i mean men can experience PP depression, but just because you’re postpartum doesn’t automatically mean you’re depressed lol. he sounds dramatic

It’s literally just the stage after having a baby that every woman goes through. Postpartum depression/postnatal depression is literally just depression that you go through during the post partum phase and not everyone gets it

Just curious I want to know his side.. for the sake of argument, let’s say pp is form of depression, then what is his point?

Yeh post partum is the after having a baby every parent goes through it. Men can also get post partum depression too.

Lmfao so is he telling you he feels depressed? It’s insane to say “WE might have depression” brother speak on your own feelings not another individual’s

@Izzie 😂

@Simi his basing his point from what our pediatrician told him and he's self diagnosing me with depression because apparently I can't get upset with him not helping me on taking care of our daughter. Because if I do then I have depression.

@Parker 又 I didn’t even think of this 😂 maybe HES depressed and is trying to say that in his own weird little way but doesn’t want to just outright say it so he’s gotta project it onto her too 🥴

@Parker 又 Right?!

Guys I showed this to him and his butt hurt right now 😂

@Ailyn I think we hit it on the head if he got butthurt 😂 It’s okay if he’s depressed. Men get PP depression/baby blues too. If it gets too bad he can get some medication for it or go to a therapist to help with the transition.

@Lauren 😂 he's in denial and it's already bad

@Ailyn definitely in denial. I mean he did get called out 😂 common man response to getting called out on mental health things is to deny it 😆

Tell him it’s okay to be vulnerable and it’s okay to cry. Have him eat a pint of ice cream and he’ll be good 💀

@Lauren hilarious 😂

@Lauren 😂😂😂

They are definitely 2 different things.

@Ailyn haha ok turn tables on him. Tell him yes you have depression which means he now needs to take care of everything and not expect you to do anything becz you are depressed and you need to rest.

@Simi 😂😂😂

@Ailyn oh okay. Idk these comments are really weird/mean. Maybe the uptick in discussions about postpartum depression he’s merging the terms or thinks it’s a part of postpartum. I don’t see the point in getting pissy about it

@Daija it's annoying because I keep telling him, even showed him that it's not the same word and if you merge those two words it will mean something else. He's trying to diagnose me with depression because I gave birth.

i would like to change my answer after gaining more context through the comments. dude if you’re feeling depressed j say that there is no need to project this is a safe space. men can get ppd as well. tell him to argue w an ai dr or something.

I see a lot of people for some reason say they have postpartum. Meaning depression. Maybe he’s heard that. So you can let him know that people sometimes refer to it as that but that it’s just the stage after pregnancy

Yes. Post partum is definitely a type of depression. It usually is only a term referred to someone who has just recently given birth BUT it can refer to their partner as well. It's not normally talked about how our partners can also feel depressed or weighed down but it's a serious thing that needs to be talked about more. I know we can joke and say people are butt hurt by not knowing the definition of something but depression isn't a joke in any form. Whether you have it or your partner has it, it's a very healthy thing to communicate with one another about each of you are feeling and to recommend resources and compromises to help lessen the load on the both of you.

@Patience I did not know that. I've always thought it was a type of depression. I mean I've hard the term post partem by itself but i always just assumed it was shorthand for the type of depression it was. Thanks for clarifying for me!

@Patience It's a toxic relationship because I caught him talking to a bunch of women and denying that it is cheating . He said he wants to work things out for our daughter but his actions and words doesn't match, and whenever I try to bring up something that bothers me he tells me that I am trying to argue. He listens to prove his point not to understand how I feel and what his actions make me feel.

Sounds like he has deeper issues. Post partum is just the period after birth, sometimes called 4th trimester. It's a period of great transition and change, hormonal fluctuations. Many birthing parents/women experience a myriad symptoms, that can vary in intensity, severity, and duration. Post partum depression affects around 1 in 7 (or 15%) of new mothers, and 1 in 10 (10%) of new fathers.. If he thinks he may have it, he should definitely talk to someone about it. https://forwhenhelpline.org.au/parent-resources/male-postnatal-depression/