Post-partum adjustment

About two months ago I was diagnosed with post-partum depression and I was given a prescription to help me sleep and get back to normal.

After sleeping for 14 hours that first night, 12 hours the second and 10 the third night, I've now settled into a 9-hour a day sleep schedule and I feel pretty good. After I got rested up I couldn't believe how tired I had been.
Sleep deprivation can really mess you up.

I was so mad all the time. My forehead was always furrowed, I was stressed about everything and I just wanted to swear all the time when I would get upset. But, I'm not like that anymore and life is good again.

I've always been a pretty happy person and going through such an angry period was hard on all of us. But, things are better now.

I just wish that this condition was called post-partum adjustment because nobody wants to be labeled "depressed." Last week, I met a woman who was suffering from post-partum depression really bad and she just wouldn't admit that she had a problem. Even when I shared with her what I had experienced. She said, "Oh, I can handle everything, I just need some sleep." This was after she said that she just wanted to throw her baby out the window the night before because he wouldn't go to sleep. She was in denial because she didn't like the sound of being "depressed."

So, from here on out, I'm going to call it Post-partum adjustment because that's what it is. It's all about getting used to taking care of a baby and adjusting to a new life and finding a "new normal."