Baby Blues, PPD/PPA

I'm just curious to hear from any women with more than one child. Did you experience baby blues or ppd/ppa w)after one delivery and not the others? If you experienced it with more than one birth, can you describe if their were any differences? Im curious because with my son, i had the baby blues so bad for 3 weeks before medicatjon helped me. Bht the slurce of my random spurts of sadness and crying all came back to feeling like my life had changed so much, and like i never had a moment to feel independent again. I eventually came to accept our new normal and became much happier. I feel that when we have another child, ill be able to handle the postpartum period so much better because i know how to care for a newborn and im not as selfish with my free time as i felt before. But i also know women experience it after multiple births. What was your experience?

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With my first I had a very traumatic delivery and had tons of postpartum anxiety. I’m already an anxious person and on meds but it was out of control for a while. My husband could not leave the house or leave me alone. It went away on its own gradually. With my second, I had a very smooth delivery. I was expecting postpartum anxiety like with my first. But I don’t have any. I did get postpartum depression. Taking meds for it. Overall they were both very different

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I experienced it with all of them. My first was more anxiety, second was more anger, third was more sadness. But generally the same. The second time was probably the worst i got it. And i was so dissociated during the labor and delivery

Never had anything until my last baby. Someone suggested it could have something to do with having babies back to back not giving my body time to recover. Maybe. I think it was a combination of that, being in a new city, no village, going from 1 already independent child to 2 under 2, etc.

I don’t believe I experienced with either with my first I did not feel well at all times but I Believe that it had more to do with the death of my father that occurred one month prior to his Birth and the aftermath of that etc then baby himself, with my twins I felt fine

I had the baby blues after my first baby. I had planned a home birth but ended up transferring to hospital for a forceps delivery and being stuck there for 2 nights. Then I found out my friend’s baby was born sleeping on Christmas Day, which was my baby’s due date. That hit me really hard, I just couldn’t imagine the pain she must be in. My baby was also very intense and hard work! My second baby was born at home, it was such a peaceful experience and I think I was just more prepared for what life would be like with a newborn. This baby is so much easier too. There are moments where I’ve struggled as two little ones are a lot of work, but it has been a completely different experience this time.

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