Postpartum Blues - When a Mother Wants to Kill Her Own Baby

Generally, a mother has a great and unlimited love to be given to her baby. But this condition could be changed if the mother has Postpartum Blues disorder. This disorder leads a mother to have an idea to kill her own baby. How come?

Postpartum Blues disorder is a psychological problem after delivery process such as anxiety, unstable emotion, and depression. Therefore, this disorder belongs to depression category. The symptoms might occur in four week or even a year after the baby born because of the changes of the hormone as well as the changes in the life of the mother.

Some researches show that 50-70% numbers of mothers are estimated to have the initial symptoms of this depression. However, these symptoms could be coped with right support of the family member and also right adaptation process. There are several causes why a mother is having this disorder. They are:

1. Depression or anxiety disorder before the pregnancy.
2. There are some stressful-events happened to the mother during her pregnancy, such as losing her husband.
3. The baby born in an unexpected condition, such as having disease or having physical defect.
4. The delivery process happens in young mother, especially less than 20 years old.
5. The mother is an alcohol or drugs addict.
6. The mother gets less support of the family, husband or friends, or sometimes bad communication with them.
7. Economical problem related to the baby care.
8. The mother got less nurture of her parent in her childhood.
9. The mother has an idea to commit suicide during the pregnancy.

Up to this day, Postpartum Blues disorder is diagnosed only based on the occurred symptoms. The psychiatrists or doctors are often concluded that a mother might have this certain depression when several criteria of the symptoms have showed.

Then what are the general symptoms of this disorder? It is rather similar with the symptoms of depression. They are:

1. The mother has negative feeling to her baby, including has an idea to kill it.
2. Difficulty in sleeping.
3. Extreme changes in the weight of the mother.
4. The mother is often in fatigue and weak condition.
5. Guilty feeling, useless feeling, or sometimes hatred feeling to herself.
6. She could not have any concentration even to small stuffs.
7. She stays away from the social life or even loses interest to have social relationship.
8. Has a pessimistic feeling as well as planning or trying to commit suicide.

Definitely, you do not want any member of your family to have this disorder, right? For this reason, it is very important to give supports and care to your wife, your mother, your sister, or even your friends when they are pregnant. By you support and care, both of the mother and the baby will be having a very good life.