PPD is real. Niulize nikwambie. But we do talk about it here with our midwives at the antenatal clinics. Also we have health visitors coming to visit you at home for a while after you go home and they look at everything. How you bath the kids, how clean the house is, where they sleep, what you are eating, how you are both coping…
It must be a v dark place for most new mums.
I saw a story about a woman who committed suicide from it. It was so sad and her husband began a foundation for the disorder.
Parenting has no manual. You learn along the way.
mtoto anakaa too delicate tena sura ogofya; kazi kulia usiku mzima huku mumewe amelala ama anafanya kazi mbali. Mchana when you now get a chance to sleep, wageni ndiyo hawa na wanataka “chai ya mtoto” - you are sleep deprived; matiti yanavuja tena yanauma; unanuka maziwa; tumbo linakaa vingine;
You start hating your baby - and then feel guilty for hating it. Without a solid support system around you, depression pap!! Our African traditions had this covered.
Women are strong indeed.
And someone should keep an eye on a new mom to notice the first signs of postnatal depression and hatred of the child in order to help in time
There’s a lady who told me that after she gave birth she understood why people worship their mothers. In her words, ndio utajua mama yako ni nani.