Our expert says:
CyberShrink
Often moms find it harder to adjust to and bond with their baby if the relationship starts out with the disadvantage of a PND. With the extra irritability ou describe, I wonder whether the depression is still around. Having a baby is indeed hard work, as well as potentially enormously rewarding, and you are under stress
Please make arrangements to see at the very least a GP, but preferably a specialist Psychiatrist, whether privately, especially if you have medical aid, or at a major state hospital or clinic or medial school, for a proper and thorough assessment and a discussion of treatment op[tions, which should include counselling as well as antidepressant meds
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