Comments on: The Label Maker Is Working, I Just Wasn’t Notified*

By: Lotta

Lotta — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:37:58 +0000

I know when I’m in the middle of a low I get reeeeeaaally paranoid. I’m convinced that if people look at me sideways it has to be because they are thinking BAD things about me. Not because they are coveting my Target tee shirt.

Not to say your perception wasn’t spot on. But you can’t even go there right now. Just worry about you.

Hang in there!

By: LD

LD — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:32:38 +0000

I had similar notes on my file. I think I always will and then I got diagnosed with ppd again when chloe wad about 3 weeks. I totally disagreed – especially when i knew how ppd felt and this was not it.
it isn’t a shame thing but i don’t want to be labelled. can you call the doctor to discussit? i did (okay I was furious and shouting) and we did resolve it.
i don’t blame you for being pissed.
btw i still get twice weekly check-in calls from the mental health people. nice.

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By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:45:05 +0000

I think the nurses and doctors were just being cautious since you had the diagnosis the first time. Those whom have had PPD the first time have a much higher chance of getting it the second time. Though I do agree..you should have been told. I don’t understand why it’s still something that isn’t talked about much. It’s not a stigma, it doesn’t make you “damaged goods”….it’s a serious disorder that needs to be addressed and people need to talk about and get educated on.
I’m a bit biased on the subject though, being a sufferer of PPD twice now, both times was on meds. I didn’t have just “a little bit of depression”, I had full fledged, severe, want to run away and never see my children- depression. It was horrible and awful.

I think because depression affects people differently, along with the affect of hormones, the nurses/doctors were being cautious, making sure you were ok and your child will be ok. I really don’t think it was personal. But I do agree….your doctor SHOULD have told you and been upfront with you on it. You have a right to know.

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By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:32:40 +0000

I don’t really talk about this, but I was diagnosed with PPD after Goose was born, which was also shortly after Hurricane Katrina and my husband losing his job. Right. Right?

I fought the diagnosis and meds initially because (get ready for this) I thought it would come back to haunt me if I wanted to, say, run for President.

I’m not kidding. I needed to be on crack.

It brought up all kinds of issues for me about the stigma attached to any kind of depression. And in my case, as well, my doctor was squirrelly about telling me about the diagnosis. I eventually had to see a second OB to straighten it out.

Um, sooooooo… you apparently had a baby. I seem to have missed that. You did it really quickly and slipped right by me and my crashed computer.

Congratulations!!!

Now, if you want to talk about hormones, ask me to tell you about the time I tried to scratch my husband’s face off. Yep.

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By: bluepaintred

bluepaintred — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:04:58 +0000

my third baby was not a welcome one, and my doctor knew that he was a mistake. while in L&D I made arrangements to have my tubes tied and so the nurses in L&D knew he was an unplanned baby. Then , when they handed him to me, when I was doped up and expecting him to look identical to his brothers, and he did NOT, i said “Oh. he’s so ugly”
I was not left alone for WEEKS., those stupid people came to my house EVERY day!

be thankful it sis just looks and chart writing, it could be worse.

Pee ess: the unwanted baby? Dunno how I’d live without him, now.

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By: nutty mummy

nutty mummy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:41:56 +0000

Not the same but when I had Ella I saw my notes afterwards and apparently I had that condition where the shoulder gets stuck when the head is already out… I actually told them at the time that I was waiting for the next contraction and couldn’t feel one yet etc etc and in the end I just pushed her out regardless of contractions… they ‘decided’ that her shoulder was stuck.

heh.

I think sometimes they like to cover their arses absolutely and ‘show’ they know their stuff.

Very annoying – !!

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By: justmylife

justmylife — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:44:06 +0000

I think doctors throw around PPD a lot nowadays, it kinda covers their butt if you go pyscho on them. heh! You should have been told though. I think it sounds a little more like new baby blues to me. Weepy but not depression.

Glad to hear Hudson is doing well and gaining weight. Maybe you can convince Carter to nap with mom and Hudson, I said maybe! heh!

Rest when you can and everything else will work out on it’s on.

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By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:02:55 +0000

Crude and uncouth as this will be, it sounds like a CYA move so if you go Andrea Yates, they can say “We warned [whoever] and they didn’t listen, so it’s not our fault.”

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By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:55:54 +0000

Oh Sam, that would bug the snot out of me. That’s the kind of thing that makes women NOT seek help. I’m sorry you have been “labeled” and it is definitely something you should have been notified about first.