Baby Blues – Services
From the moment you leave hospital the focus in your life has changed.
You are now responsible for a new life as well as yourself.
Through pregnancy and childbirth you would have experienced many changes, these will continue for sometime after the baby is born and can affect the way you think and feel, this can be due to many factors such as hormonal imbalances, mineral and vitamin deficiencies, sleep deprivation, difficult pregnancy/birth or lifestyle changes.
If a woman presents to me with post natal anxiety or depression and has never suffered with this before before baby was born, the first thing I would check would be her hormones which can wreck havoc on the way we think and feel.
During pregnancy the levels of hormone progesterone in the mother increase by 50 to 100 times, yet within three days of giving birth they will be back to normal, a woman can lose up to 75% of her hormones through the delivery of the placenta alone.
With this kind of dramatic plummeting in hormones it is hardly surprising that a woman may suffer from post natal anxiety/depression.
Progesterone cream applied to the skin once or twice a day at the correct doseage can work wonders to naturally rise progesterone levels back to their normal ranges.
By increasing progesterone, estrogen levels will also be corrected back to their normal levels.
Renown American obstetrician Christiane Northrup is recommending that any woman who may be prone to PND should use progesterone cream the minute the baby is born.
We are taught how to breast feed, change nappies, and general safety for the baby, but many of us are not prepared for how a baby may make YOU feel.
I am here to help you as the referral point to check your progesterone levels through a saliva test and to deal with all the other issues may arise after baby is born.
I will be offering services that cover
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- Practical support for those experiencing Post natal depression or the “baby blues”
- How to detect the early warning signs of PND.
- Appropriate referrals to the relevant services
- Assessment and intervention as and when required
- Advice on dealing with sleep deprivation
- Dealing with Isolation/Loneliness issues
- Hormonal imbalances
- Mood swings (emotional highs and lows)
- Relationship and lifestyle changes
- Coping with Stress
- Nutritional advice/Body image issues
- Providing support networks for individuals and families.
Baby Blues – Helping you cope with Post Natal Depression
Research has shown that one in ten woman will experience PND to varying degrees, new research suggests that is nearer to one in three as most PND goes undetected.
Some Symptoms of PND can include loss of appetite, insomnia, crying, feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and problems developing a bond with the baby.
These can develop immediately after birth although research shows that it is more likely to occur three to six months after the baby is born and can last several years if left untreated.
During pregnancy your hormones will rise by 50 to 100 times, once baby is born and the placenta is released your hormones will start to plummet rapidly and within three days will return to normal.
I hope through this service and my website that if I can stop other woman going through PND/anxiety and preventing it from occurring in the first place then it will be worth it.
My service is private, confidential and one on one.
In order to get the best result I will be liaising with your GP, Homeopaths, Midwifes and Plunket.
I take a holistic approach offering:
•Practical advice for all woman going through PND or the baby blues.
•The Addressing of hormonal imbalances
•Ways of Coping with Sleep deprivation
•Nutritional advice
•Assessment and Intervention
•Mechanisms to cope with lifestyle or relationship changes
•Support for the whole family
The benefit of using my service is that you avoid all the referral process. This can be stressful if you are not feeling up to par.
A Member of the NZNO All forms of referrals including self referrals are accepted
