Im not pregnant and ive havent got a baby before people wonder
Posting this in here, cos its a more even balance of women and men reading the threads....
Currently at my clinic on placement, we have a 16 year old girl with a 6 week old baby on our books - she appears to be in a supportive loving relationship with the father (who is also 16)
But the poor girl is showing signs of post natal depression saw her last week at home, and she was very very 'shy, timid, quiet' didnt have much interest in the baby, the dad was running round after them.... making bottles up, trying to talk to us, cuddling the baby whilst she just sat there..... when we came away, we talked about the possibility of PND.
Today, they came to clinic for their baby to be weighed, again the father came in holding the baby, he undressed him, he put him on the scales..... let me just say at this point, this guy is in no way domineering towards her, hes a lovely lad and sooooo proud to be a father
But again she just sat there, and let him do all the work. Had to be encouraged/prompted to talk, the answers were closed and my mentor was constantly asking another question to get a better idea of what was going on
Was just wondering has anyone suffered from PND? or known anyone who has, what can we do to help make this girl feel better? i did speak to my mentor after clinic about her and she agreed that she thought she was depressed but never said what would be done about it