Can Men Get Postnatal Depression?
Can Men Get Postnatal depression? Yes of course they can. It is just more difficult to spot the signs of a depressed man, we tend to think that someone depressed would be sat crying and as we all know men don’t cry or at least are not as emotional as women.
My husband suffered postnatal depression after our 2nd son was born, I didn’t notice anything odd or strange when he held him for the first time, when he helped me change nappies or got up to do a night feed. It was weeks after the birth that my husband admitted that he hadn’t bonded with his son.
I blamed myself, I too was suffering from my own depression and I threw all my time and energy into caring for our new baby, that I pushed him to a side and didn’t allow him the quality time he needed with his son. I was partly to blame.
My husband did go to the GP after weeks of me begging him; he was prescribed antidepressants and went along to see a counsellor for 6 sessions.
In time he did come out of the depression and looking at father and son today you would never have guessed that there were any bonding problems.
I was too engrossed with my own feelings to spot the symptoms; it never crossed my mind that men get postnatal depression too. I put his low moods and lack of motivation down to the sleepless nights and the stresses that go with having a new baby. I didn’t see the negative thoughts, or hear the voices that told him he was useless, that his son deserved better than him and that he was a failure to his family.
Admitting how he felt took courage, he is a man and men find it difficult to confide in others about their true feelings. Sat with friends he was able to talk about the football results but never postnatal depression.
Can Men Get Postnatal Depression? They sure can and it is just the same for men as it is for women.
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So glad someone wrote about this, as not many people know that men can get post natal depression, so thank you for sharing this x x
I was shocked when I first heard men could get PND and then I was angry at myself for not realising its possible. Its a big life event a new baby being brought into the world and the most life changing thing ever. I think a lot of people put PND down to hormones but as we know it isn’t
thanks for sharing this with us xxx
I didn’t know that
I only know a new born for first time parents is a stressful time and it’s worse if the new born has certain health conditions. I guess lowering expectations of other things and just focusing on baby and getting rest whenever we can will help!
I never thought about us guys having PND. I guess it makes sense, though, particularly when you’re suddenly not “in the thick of things”. Adjusting to the dynamics of any additional child can cause things that hadn’t surfaced before.
Thanks for sharing!
When i had my son my husband was over the moon he wasn’t very hands on tho as he was 12week prem but i then found i was pregnant very soon after that then my son passed away at 6.5months old then i had my second daughter and my husband wudnt have anything to do with her looking back he cud of had pnd but were divorced now and he still dont have anything to do with my youngest even now but she has a 3yr old now and he dont even want to c her but i guess its his loss even after all this time now its 22yrs x
I never heard men can have postnatal depression. When I gave a life to my first bady it was kind of hard time. Sleepless nights, breastfeeding and constant stress with the baby cause he had some health problems. I didn’t notice how my husband changed after it. I even thought he was enough weak. That’s why I did all this stuff by myself.
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I studied this myself for college and yes men can and do become postnataly depressed, it wasn’t until 3 years after my son was born and i was researching the subject that I realized my husband had had PND after my son was born x
i heard that men can get postnatal depression my oh had it xx
Very good that someone has written this! men get overlooked after birth i find x
Thank u for sharing!!
To be truefull I didmnt relise men could get it, its opened my eyes xx