"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 the hospital (one of those mo