At the extreme level of the baby blues syndrome continued to deteriorate can also be fatal. After the causes of depression that affects the physical, at the extreme level of the baby blues can lead to puerperal psychosis or postpartum insanity. At this level the patient was not allowed to treat and care for the baby. The tendency to create dangerous conditions for the baby to be very large, even she could hurt her baby, including himself, to eliminate life.
Patients who experienced puerperal psychosis generally will experience hallucinations and delusion making it difficult to distinguish what is real and not, these cases are extremely rare. Only about 1 in 1000 cases of postpartum depression will experience a mother’s puerperal psychosis. Usually if it is developed into puerperal psychosis, there was no other way except for entrusting the care of this new mother to a psychiatrist or hospitalized in a mental hospital.
In the face of labor, it is also important for prospective fathers to support his mother. Here are suggestions for the birth process does not occur smoothly and psychological burden too heavy for the mother, which among others:
1. Position is always self-husband as companion in arms. The husband can try to participate in gymnastics classes accompanying his wife was pregnant and when to consult the gynecologist.
2. Show an attitude of responsibility, loyalty, and reliable, so that the wife feels safe and comfortable with her pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry »
