BRISTOL HYPNOTHERAPY CLINIC
Post natal depression occurs in 10 - 15% of women within a year of giving birth and
have a one in five increase of being depressed after the next birth. Some females
usually within 4 days of giving birth will feel ‘down’ and maybe tearful for a few
days which is ‘normal’. However, some women continue to be unhappy, emotional, anxious
about her baby, feelings of the inability to cope, feeling inadequate and may even
feel guilty, perceiving herself to be a poor mother. Insomnia or waking during the
night if there is no need, causes tiredness and lethargy through the daytime. Negative
and poorly perceived thoughts create an increased depressive period that continues,
for months and sometimes even for a year or more. Brief clinical hypnotherapy via
a cognitive approach allows the depressed female to think and feel differently, looking
forward to her joys of family life and living.
Brief therapy to reduce and control depression prior to labour is all important,
especially for those that were depressed before becoming pregnant. Therapy significantly
reduces the chances of post natal or post partum depression. (See footnote)
Reporting in the American Journal of Psychiatry 2002, the researchers found that
exposure to SSRIs during pregnancy was associated with a twofold increase in premature
delivery and consequent lower birth weight. Furthermore, SSRI exposure during the
last three months of pregnancy was associated with lower scores on physical health
of a newborn infant.
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