Mom Leaves Home After Baby S Birth
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My daughterinlaw went back to live with her parents after the baby was born. she stated she does not want to be married anymore. No explanation, no nothing. She stared acting different after the birth of the child. Moody, irratible, and snapping at people for no reason. The strange thing about it is she has been at family functions and we all went on vacation together and no one knew they were separated. My son felt things would work themselves. We just found out about it. Her parents have tried to get her to go for counseling. She won't seek counseling or go and speak with her Pastor. She feels that everyone is against her. Do you think this could be Postpartum Depression? She went through 28 hours of labor and she had a very difficult labor. She left when the baby was 2 months.
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Sounds exactly like postpartum depression to me, possibly a more severe form. She definitely needs to at least talk to her doctor about this.
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My husband said his first wife went through something very similar after their son was born (nearly 14 years ago). In actuality, she had some issues prior to the child's birth, and whether or not PPD was an issue later on, too, things only went downhill after their son was born...except she took off for 9 months, after telling my husband she was going over a friend's house to visit, and leaving the baby with my husband. When she returned, she said she left because she needed to things things over, and claimed to be different. My husband (at that time), was quite upset, and so was her family. My husband thought for sure she was on drugs, but because she worked for the state (as a nurse!), she was immune from drug testing (when going through their divorce, he requested that she be tested because her behavior was so bizarre). Anyway, while your DIL seems to be showing signs of PPD, it's possible that, combined with pre-existing circ_mstances between her and her husband, things seem extra heightened now. I agree with piratesmermaid that she should, at least, talk with her doctor about this BEFORE she does anything else. It would be nice to see their marriage survive, but it can't unless both are willing to accept help and work at it.
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