My Postpartum Depression Journey

Note: The content of this post may be sensitive for readers. Before I start writing about my experience with postpartum depression, I want you to know that this is extremely hard for me to write about. Therefore, I suspect it will be hard for you to read. But I want to be honest and transparent because (most of the time) people are hush-hush when it comes to any kind of depression, and it's important to know that you are not the only one suffering through this brutal time in your life. I've always been hormonally imbalanced (as I like to call it). I had terrible PMS throughout my teenage years and I always said that when I got pregnant, whoever I was with better watch out because I would probably be a raging bitch the entire pregnancy. Well, that day came and my husband and I were overjoyed to find out that I was pregnant. Throughout my whole pregnancy, I wasn't a raging bitch -- surprisingly -- although I did have my moments. I was so worried about labor and delivery during my third trimester that I didn't focus on anything related to bringing baby home. I was positive that an epidural was going to be SO painful (it wasn't) and I wouldn't want one, but then how was I going to deal with the contractions? Needless to say, I delivered a perfect nine-pound baby on July 15 with some minor complications, but for the most part my labor and delivery was a total breeze. I remember laying in my hospital bed when they brought me my son, Carter, in the middle of the night. The nu...
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