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Question by april: Can you get postpartum depression when you are still pregnant?
Today when i woke i did not feel myself. I really havent ate much of anything and i want to be alone and all of a sudden i get really angery for no reason and then i start crying for no reason. I am 36 weeks pregnant and i was just wondering if you can have postpartum depression while you are pregnant.

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Answer by *jen*
yes I have head you can. I have the same symptoms as well im 35 weeks and everyday is different I feel like im bi polar or something. I have never felt like this in my entire life. Sometimes I feel like I will be preggy forever.

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Ok This might be a lil long but i want to tell you the whole story so you understand what happened so please bare with me. Please keep in mind while reading this for 12 days i did not see my new born daughter at all due to i was in the ICU.

Almost 6 months ago i gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. All threw my pregnancy i had gallbladder attacks several times a day. They were so painful but i refused the surgery while i was pregnant because i couldn’t risk loosing my child. A week after i had her i went into a severe attack which latest 3 days before i went to the hospital. They told me i had pancreatitis and my liver and kidneys were both shutting down. They also said i could have my gallbladder removed right then because i had pancreatitis. I was in so much pain they had to put me on a pain pump and wasn’t allowed to eat or drink anything for a total or 12 days while i was in the hospital. 5 days after i arrived i was in good enough health for them to have my gallbladder removed. They said it was sickest they have ever seen. While i was in surgery they cut my bile duct spilling bile all in my body. It was slowly killing me. The next day I was back into emergency surgery to have a stent put in. That stent didnt work it became blocked.2 days later they had to take me back into surgery for another stent which thankfully worked. While all this was going on My fiance broke up with called off our wedding and kicked me out of house. I had a mental breakdown in hosptial and was diagnosed as postpartum depression. I feel now real connection with my daughter i mean i love her to death i just don’t want to deal with her. Which is horrible and i feel like the worst mother on earth. Since then i have found the most amazing guy and we tried our hardest not to become pregnant but when i switching birth control from pill to iud i became pregnant.

I would like to know what other moms did to coop with postpartum depression? Raising kids so close together? and ANY HELP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GIVE ME. Please and Thank you all very much for taking time to read and answer this.
Never will i kill my child and yes i am on medication but it doesn’t seem to help. I am in counceling

Today when i woke i did not feel myself. I really havent ate much of anything and i want to be alone and all of a sudden i get really angery for no reason and then i start crying for no reason. I am 36 weeks pregnant and i was just wondering if you can have postpartum depression while you are pregnant.

can a person with all of these problems still take the meds that are prescribed while they are pregnant? i don’t know all of meds she takes, but depakote, valium , lithium, are some of the meds she has been on.