Even Jill Scott Experienced the "Baby Blues"

Even Jill Scott Experienced the “Baby Blues”

So many women get pregnant and think that everything will be magical once they give birth. They imagine mother/child bonding and a feeling that will last a life time. Although the love a mother feels for her newborn is unparralled to anything else, motherhood can leave you feeling helpless and frustrated.

Recently, while on the Chelsea Lately show Jill Scott admitted that the first two months after giving birth were rough. Opening up about her struggles as a first-time mom, Jill is determined to let new mothers know they are not alone in their feelings of desperation.

“I expected someone to come and save me because after you have the baby, nobody cares about you anymore,” she recalls. “Nobody cares if you sleep, nobody cares if you eat. It’s just you and this all-consuming thingy!” Noting that a new baby demands “all of your time and all of your attention,” Jill reveals that the initial period of adjustment “hurts.”

It sounds like Jill had the Baby Blues. Here are a few things to watch out for.

The “baby blues” are not a myth. After the giddiness of the birth wears off and the reality of motherhood—complete with little sleep—sets in (helped along by plummeting hormone levels), you may feel down, weepy, depressed. This is completely normal and usually disappears within about 10 days. If those “blue” feelings persist, however, or become more intense, you may have a condition called postpartum depression. Other symptoms include:

Feeling restless, irritable or anxious
Loss of interest or pleasure in life
Loss of appetite
Less energy and motivation (not related to lack of sleep)
Problems falling asleep or staying asleep or waking up too early in the morning.
Feeling worthless, hopeless or guilty
Feeling like life isn’t worth living
Showing little interest in the baby
Unexplained weight loss or gain

If you have several of these symptoms for more than a week or two, call your health care professional or ask someone to call for you to make an appointment. Support, therapy and, if necessary, medication can restore you to your old self. Postpartum depression is not a normal phase. Please get help, if you need it.

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