Comments on: Postpartum Depression http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/ The Diary of a New Midwife Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: arcem http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-17619 Wed, 02 May 2007 21:47:14 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-17619 What an interesting story and one that I have seen being played out many times myself. As a nurse you DO spend so much more time with patients than their actual doctors. I totally agree, this health care system is not structured to help women like this patient and many others suffering silently, all alone. Providers don't want to open the can of worms because they don't know what resources there are for them. Insurance companies coverage for psych care is limited, and diagnosing someone with a mental condition comes with consequences that can affect their eligibility for many things later on. This is very, very complicated.... I think one lesson to bring out from this story is how important it is for us student nurse-midwives to hear from our nurse's concerns when we are actually the midwives, doing postpartum rounds very quickly on the six patients we have to discharge, while labor and delivery is waiting for the beds to open up... oi... the pressure. What an interesting story and one that I have seen being played out many times myself. As a nurse you DO spend so much more time with patients than their actual doctors. I totally agree, this health care system is not structured to help women like this patient and many others suffering silently, all alone. Providers don’t want to open the can of worms because they don’t know what resources there are for them. Insurance companies coverage for psych care is limited, and diagnosing someone with a mental condition comes with consequences that can affect their eligibility for many things later on. This is very, very complicated….

I think one lesson to bring out from this story is how important it is for us student nurse-midwives to hear from our nurse’s concerns when we are actually the midwives, doing postpartum rounds very quickly on the six patients we have to discharge, while labor and delivery is waiting for the beds to open up… oi… the pressure.

]]> by: The Student http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-3897 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:11:08 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-3897 That's just it: people don't take psych disorders seriously in this country, when really they can absolutely *destroy* a person's life. I rarely speak about this, but PPD has affected my own life, and the life of my mother, in very very profound ways, and I think PPD is so much more prevalent than people like to admit. This is something I'm working hard to become much more aware of, and to incorporate PPD screening into my daily practice. If *everyone* who works with women begins to do this, we might actually have a chance when it comes to screening, identifying and helping women with PPD, which is why a federal law might be just the thing we need. That’s just it: people don’t take psych disorders seriously in this country, when really they can absolutely *destroy* a person’s life. I rarely speak about this, but PPD has affected my own life, and the life of my mother, in very very profound ways, and I think PPD is so much more prevalent than people like to admit. This is something I’m working hard to become much more aware of, and to incorporate PPD screening into my daily practice. If *everyone* who works with women begins to do this, we might actually have a chance when it comes to screening, identifying and helping women with PPD, which is why a federal law might be just the thing we need.

]]> by: Psyche http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-3814 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:59:13 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-3814 I'm so glad that you advocated for that woman even before you were given the resources to help women who might have post partum depression. I'm a psychiatric social worker and have seen the suffering women go through when it is not diagnosed. I had a client who was not diagnosed at the time and went without treatment for over ten years while her life fell apart and everyone told her she should just perk up. I’m so glad that you advocated for that woman even before you were given the resources to help women who might have post partum depression. I’m a psychiatric social worker and have seen the suffering women go through when it is not diagnosed. I had a client who was not diagnosed at the time and went without treatment for over ten years while her life fell apart and everyone told her she should just perk up.

]]> by: Sarah_K_Stanford http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-3808 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2006/11/12/postpartum-depression/#comment-3808 Good for you! Good for you!

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