SIDS and PPD...

[Lissa]

I'm going to start a separate thread for this because I'd like to hear other people's thoughts.

Do you think there is a link between mothers with PPD and SIDS cases?

I personally think that there should be a study on this.

 

[Kim]

I never really thought about it. I didnt have PPD, thank God. Do you think there is a correlation?

 

[Lissa]

I never really thought about it. I didnt have PPD, thank God. Do you think there is a correlation?

I could definitely see how someone with PPD could easily use SIDS as a way out.

 

[fallon]

I could definitely see how someone with PPD could easily use SIDS as a way out.

I agree...that's not to say I don't think SIDS is a very real problem, I just think that sometimes it's to easily given as an explanation

 

[Kim]

Do they do autopsies?

 

[Lissa]

Good question. But how could they prove if a mother suffocated her child or if the child died due to too many blankets/toys in the crib?

 

[Lissa]

I agree...that's not to say I don't think SIDS is a very real problem, I just think that sometimes it's to easily given as an explanation

The thing is that when a baby dies, the worst next thing that could happen would be the parents getting investigated. Like you said, SIDS is a very real problem in many instances and investigating "innocent" parents would be highly inappropriate. That's why it would be so easy for a depressed mother to get away with it.

 

[musicmom]

When someone is strangled or suffocated there are signs. The blood vessels in the lungs, blood in the eyes. You can tell if it was a gasping for air or an accidental suffocation. Or just died in their sleep, the heart just stops.

 

[Lissa]

When someone is strangled or suffocated there are signs. The blood vessels in the lungs, blood in the eyes. You can tell if it was a gasping for air or an accidental suffocation. Or just died in their sleep, the heart just stops.

An infant's neck is very weak. I doubt you would have to press down very hard to leave visible proof of strangulation or suffocation.

 

[musicmom]

Lissa, is there something you want to share? This isn't normal conversation for a new mom. What's going on? You kinda have me worried and freaked out a bit.

 

[Lissa]

Lissa, is there something you want to share? This isn't normal conversation for a new mom. What's going on? You kinda have me worried and freaked out a bit.

Don't be worried or freaked out. I don't have PPD anymore. But sadly, when I did, I thought about these things. That's why I seriously think there should be a study done.

 

[musicmom]

They have done study's. I haven't kept up but I know they do them. Ok just wanted to make sure you were alright. whew.

 

[Amber]

I had PPD but it was never severe enough to think about stuff like that, thank god. But I can definately see your point.

I just read a book about Andrea Yates. Very sad.

 

[Lissa]

They have done study's. I haven't kept up but I know they do them. Ok just wanted to make sure you were alright. whew.

But no studies done on SIDS babies and mothers with histories of depression.

 

[Lissa]

I had PPD but it was never severe enough to think about stuff like that, thank god. But I can definately see your point.

I just read a book about Andrea Yates. Very sad.

I didn't know there was a book. I don't know if I want to read it. It'd bring back to many bad memories.

I was completely psychotic after Oliver was born. It was a nightmare I thought I'd never wake from.

Still to this day when I see a mother smiling at her newborn I cry. I wish I could have felt that happiness after Oliver was born. I feel like I missed out.

 

[musicmom]

But no studies done on SIDS babies and mothers with histories of depression.

I had it and mine are all alive. It may be an allergic reaction to anestisia (I believe) Or a withdrawl or something. Babies just don't die for no reason and I don't accept that. They must find a way. That was my biggest fear.

 

[Lissa]

I had it and mine are all alive. It may be an allergic reaction to anestisia (I believe) Or a withdrawl or something. Babies just don't die for no reason and I don't accept that. They must find a way. That was my biggest fear.

But everybody's PPD is different. Look at Andrea Yates.

 

[Amber]

I didn't know there was a book. I don't know if I want to read it. It'd bring back to many bad memories.

Yeah, you might not want to. I cried through part of it, it was so sad.

I just cried nonstop after I had Kaylynn. I didn't even think about having it until my grandmother pointed out that she thought I did. Kaylynn started, about 3 months old, just putting herself to sleep in her crib. I'd rock her, hold her, walk with her, everything, she would not go to sleep. Finally, I realized that if I laid her down, she'd be out. I think I was just kind of detached from her, and to this day, she favors her father over me, 100%. I know girls are daddy's girls, but Bug isn't. I just feel I never got to bond with Kaylynn like I did Cameron and Lauren. Breaks my heart, really.

When I was pregnant with Lauren, my doc thought I had prepartum anxiety and wanted me to take Wellbutrin. I told him I wasn't taking a thing while I was pregnant. But when she was born, it wasn't anything like when I had Kaylynn.

 

[Lissa]

Yeah, you might not want to. I cried through part of it, it was so sad.

I just cried nonstop after I had Kaylynn. I didn't even think about having it until my grandmother pointed out that she thought I did. Kaylynn started, about 3 months old, just putting herself to sleep in her crib. I'd rock her, hold her, walk with her, everything, she would not go to sleep. Finally, I realized that if I laid her down, she'd be out. I think I was just kind of detached from her, and to this day, she favors her father over me, 100%. I know girls are daddy's girls, but Bug isn't. I just feel I never got to bond with Kaylynn like I did Cameron and Lauren. Breaks my heart, really.

When I was pregnant with Lauren, my doc thought I had prepartum anxiety and wanted me to take Wellbutrin. I told him I wasn't taking a thing while I was pregnant. But when she was born, it wasn't anything like when I had Kaylynn.

Thanks for sharing your story. It's hard to talk about PPD. I'll share my story in a little bit. I have to go pick up my son from the babysitter's.

 

[musicmom]

I might share my PPD with you through pm lissa, mine was scary but luckily I didn't snap like Yates. There was always that little something that told me not to go there. I honestly thought the world and my life was over as I knew it and I saw NO way out.