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"I heard voices...they told me to hide under the bed, to run, run away." A young mom talks about post partum depression

Post Partum Depression—My Story Anjana Sharma (name changed on request) "My pregnancy was unplanned. I got married just out of college. Eight months later,  as I was all set to enroll for an MBA,  I found out I was going to be a mother. I was in  denial. “This cannot be happening,” was my initial reaction. Also, I didn't have the  classic symptoms of pregnancy—nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to smells, etc. In fact,  my pregnancy was easy, it was just difficult emotionally. But by the second trimester, I  slowly came to accept my pregnancy and by the third, I was looking forward to my baby.  I went for Lamaze and ante-natal classes. I intensely wanted a natural birth. A traumatic delivery My labour started the right way—the baby's head descended, but my labour was  extremely protracted. After eight hours, there was no sign of my baby coming out.  I was the perfect patient—calm, not screaming, doing my breathing, so on. And ...