When giving life starts to take the life out of you: women's experiences of depression after childbirth

Buultjens, Melissa; Liamputtong, Pranee

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2006.04.002

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“…Using the anonymized data sets, a thematic analysis was undertaken (Buultjens & Liamputtong, 2007;Creswell, 2007). From the transcripts of interviews, data excerpts associated with experiences of PPD and needs were identified and extracted.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The guilt then surfaces when women do not feel the way they expected to feel and when they do not feel the way that society expects them to feel. Buultjens and Liamputtong (2007) found that Western culture stipulates that women are to have babies, that they should want to have babies and that mothering is happy experience. If a woman disrupts this assumption by being unhappy and depressed, she challenges the fundamental societal understanding of femininity and maternity.…”

Section: Guiltmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Postnatal Depression: When Reality Does Not Match Expectations

Kauppi¹,

Montgomery²,

Shaikh³

et al. 2012

Perinatal Depression

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confidence: 99%

Section: Guiltmentioning

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Postnatal Depression: When Reality Does Not Match Expectations

Kauppi¹,

Montgomery²,

Shaikh³

et al. 2012

Perinatal Depression

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“…Feelings of shame and fear of being stigmatized contributed to the fact that some chose to conceal their disorder [16] [23] [24]. According to several women, their family's attitude towards PPD was of vital importance for their decision to seek help [17]. Although they needed to talk to someone about their situation, they rarely turned to their partner, family or friends [19] [22] as they sensed that they lacked knowledge and understanding about the disorder.…”

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“…They had no knowledge about where to go or who they should approach to ask for help [17] [19]. Some described their relationship with healthcare professionals as arduous and a barrier to seeking help [24], while others stated that they did not trust the public health nurse or did not believe that she understood their situation [16].…”

Section: Being Seen As a Normal But Suffering Personmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lost in a Nameless Chaos—Women’s Experiences of Postpartum Depression: A Meta-Ethnographic Study

Dahl¹,

Hermansen²,

Severinsson³

2017

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Postpartum depression is a common complication related to childbearing with an estimated prevalence of 10% -15%. The aim of the study was to explore and synthesize qualitative empirical studies published between 2005 and 2016 that describe women's experiences of postpartum depression. Ten qualitative studies describing different perspectives on women's experiences of postpartum depression were summarized and synthesized using Noblit and Hare's 7-step meta-ethnographical method. Four central metaphors described women's experiences of postpartum depression: Feeling trapped by reality, Experiencing a nameless chaos, Struggling to find a way out and Being seen as a normal but suffering person. The findings resulted in the following synthesis: The women expected the transition to motherhood to be a joyous experience. Instead, they found it painful, lonely and experienced losing themselves in a nameless chaos. Motherhood is challenged when women experience losing themselves due to depression rather than building a new identity as a mother. Such a situation causes chaos, shame, anxiety and isolation. When seeking professional help, it is essential that the woman is encountered with empathy and professional knowledge, rather than a pat on the back and an underestimation of her problems.

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“…Felice et al (2004) investigated prevalence rates and psychosocial characteristics associated with depression in pregnancy and postpartum in Maltese women and reported that the low rate of new onset postpartum depression compared with other studies could be attributable to the social support available to women living in a cohesive Catholic island community. Buultjens and Liamputtong (2007) captured the missing voices of mothers who were suffering postnatal depression. They reported that stigma was frequently attached to women who were unhappy after the birth of their child, because they were not coping with the demands of motherhood or did not instantly bond with, and love, their baby.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%