Sleepless Days: One Woman's Journey Through Postpartum Depression

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Summary: Book only agitated me more
Review: After getting hit hard with PPD when my daughter was four months old, I searched far and wide for books on the subject and consider this book a godsend!!! Ten months later it is still the only book I've found that thoroughly and accurately explains the horrific feelings I felt during those first few awful months. I found myself nodding and underlining sentences in the book because they perfectly described my feelings when I was so unable to explain exactly how I was feeling to anyone. The introduction alone is amazing!

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Summary: A must read for those going through PPD!!!
Review: After getting hit hard with PPD when my daughter was four months old, I searched far and wide for books on the subject and consider this book a godsend!!! Ten months later it is still the only book I've found that thoroughly and accurately explains the horrific feelings I felt during those first few awful months. I found myself nodding and underlining sentences in the book because they perfectly described my feelings when I was so unable to explain exactly how I was feeling to anyone. The introduction alone is amazing!

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Summary: Book only agitated me more
Review: At first I really enjoyed this book and was completely wrapped up in it. Suffering from PPD in the form of panic attacks it was wonderful reading about someone else going through the same stuff, thinking the same things..etc. Now the parts that just dissapointed me was this: 1. She can afford to stay at home and does not have to deal w/ going back to work. 2. Her husband stays up with the baby in a different room at night so she can get plenty of sleep. 3. She has the luxury of babysitters...and I mean that in the plural form. 4. On top of babysitters she ends up using a wonderful in home daycare as well. 5. Another luxury is this recreation gym she gets to go swim at 3x a week while yet again someone watches her baby.
6. Goes on and on about what a wonderful easy baby Max is and how she had no problem breastfeeding him.
I could go on but I think I made my point. I'm not saying she did not have it bad b/c regardless PPD is a horrible thing to go through but come on. I would rather read a book about a woman who does not have the money to have all the above luxuries and has a baby with colic. (Perhaps I should write my own book) I hate to say it but by the end of this book I was not feeling sorry for her but feeling envious! Save your money and get a book you can relate to unless this sounds like a lifestyle you lead already.

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Summary: Honest and informative
Review: I read this book twice and cried both times. Anyone who has been through the hell (and it is hell)of postpartum depression understands how disturbing the condition is to not only the sufferer, but their family and friends. I went through this with my first child, only some with my second (because I was more aware that it could happen again). It was something I never dreamed would happen to me, although I had all the "conditions" for it. I applaud this author for her candid account. It must have been hard for her to "relive" all the awful moments. I am a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, and I talk with my pregnant patients about this condition, even though no one wants to hear about it, because we're not allowed to discuss it in our society. I flinch when women tell me their plans for returning to work in three weeks, starting to work out too quickly... we give mothers very few breaks in this country. I remember being scolded at the grocery store a few weeks after my daughter's birth for being out and doing the shopping so soon. Of course I had my daughter bundled up in her car seat... standard. The woman was from Mexico, and I thought, "well, that's not the way we do it is this country"! Now I understand the wisdom of taking care of yourself after delivering. As tough as it is for people to hear about, PPD is more prevalent than ever. A great, honest book.

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Summary: Honest and informative
Review: I run a website for postpartum mood disorders and am constantly on the lookout for materials to share with the visitors of our site and forum. I was absolutely captured by this book and did not want to put it down. So many things the author describes, from feelings to manifestations of her illness, echo the lives and stories of other mothers who have lived with a postpartum mood disorder. I invite all women who are planning or expecting to have a baby to READ THIS BOOK. Ignorance of the subject will not, unfortunately, make you immune...