The baby blues are changes in mood that usually occur 3 or 4
days after your baby’s birth and can be a quite stark change from the
elation you felt when your baby was born.
The symptoms can be that your feel worried or anxious about
things that usually would not bother you, you may feel a bit low and keep bursting
into tears or feel emotional for no apparent reason.
The baby blues is considered to be caused by a number of factors.
It may be one or a number of these factors. The baby blues are usually associated
with anything that brings you down to reality after the ecstasy and happiness
you felt after birth. Sometimes it all accumulates into one big anti climax.
Factors contributing to baby blues can be:
Make sure you get others to help you during this time, cry if you want to and
make time for yourself. If your feelings don’t go away or you are concerned
speak to your health visitor or GP.
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According to the Royal College
of Psychiatrists the baby blues are much more common that you would imagine. According
to them, 80% of mothers go through the baby blues.
