Article by Stainthorpe Paul.

A pregnancy, whether planned or unplanned, is a source of joy for the couple, and the beginning of a new family. Along with happiness, however, anxiety and fear can arise in the mind of the pregnant woman. These can be regarding several issues, including diet and exercise issues, pregnancy complications, delivery dates, family history of miscarriages etc. Often, women lack appropriate information on these topics, and doctors cannot provide very detailed information due to paucity of time and other constraints. People around you provide erroneous tips based on their personal opinions and experiences. This is why, during your pregnancy, and also immediately after, you need the help of a professional, well-maintained pregnancy calendar website. Such a website helps you gain in-depth knowledge about your pregnancy, and overcome your fear and uncertainty regarding various issues. By following this website on a regular basis, it is possible to monitor your pregnancy week-by-week.

Primarily, the website can reveal your precise date of delivery, based on the date of your last period, and the probable date of conception. This website is managed by experts and provides detailed guidance on the foods that you can eat during your pregnancy. Apart from listing out the substances that will be healthy for you and the baby during each month, the pregnancy calendar also contains a separate section food cravings during the period, and indicates how to manage them. The key is to avoid undue weight gain, as well as avoid consuming substances with too much cholesterol or fat. The website talks about how food cravings are related to the development of pregnancy, as well as how the taste, smell and ease of digestion for several foods can change significantly. It reveals that pregnant women experience cravings for the usual spicy or sweet foodstuffs, as well as abnormal cravings – like cravings for iron and metal substances. While this may sound weird, the website assures you that it is a passing phase induced by pregnancy, and hence nothing to worry about.

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Article by Steven Chang

Even though pregnancy often evokes overwhelming joy, it is also a stressful event for most women. For individuals whose fetus is at high risk of developing malformations and other hereditary diseases, the stress is increased. All through pregnancy, physiological and hormonal changes create a totally unique and often uncomfortable experience to a lot of mothers. Added to that, once pregnancy is nearing term, stress may be appreciably increased as anxiousness builds up regarding the end result of the pregnancy, baby care, and lifestyle changes that come right after delivery. Pregnancy is indeed a major stressor that can produce or even unmask depressive tendencies of some women.

* Depression is a mental disorder wherein the affected person presents with depressed mood, loss of interest to virtually anything including pleasure, feelings of low self-worth, disturbed rest, altered appetite, low energy and poor concentration.

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postnatal depression can begin in pregnancy for some women. Besides, an important thing to note is that postnatal depression can occur at any time within the first year after the birth of a baby and can last for longer than a year if no help is seek and received. Therefore, do seek help before it worsen as untreated postnatal depression can lead to the breakdown of relationships with your partners or children.

Depression counseling is a form of treatment for this condition, as well as is medication. Studies have shown that the use of medication has become unnecessary as the patient learns to overcome depression with valuable tools provided by the given professional.

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Popular songs, poetry and literature often make reference to “the blues.” This is just the usual downcast mood that almost everyone goes through at some point in time. It is also called depression, although there is still a more serious state called clinical depression. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that every year in the United States some 20 million people aged 18 and above go through clinical depression. Clinical depression can also be experienced by teens below the age 18 and also by children, though. In times of crisis, such as the financial crunch that the country is suffering, it is not surprising that a lot of people become depressed. Ordinary and clinical depression alike can be prevented and even treated with the assistance of therapeutic massage. Reflexology massage therapy, Swedish massage therapy, deep tissue massage therapy, sports massage therapy and pregnancy massage therapy can all be used to lift the spirits of those who are depressed. These massage therapy modalities can be requested from therapeutic massage spas in Ramsey County, St. Paul MN.

Although there is a difference between ordinary depression and clinical depression, non-clinical depression should not be dismissed as totally harmless either. If not treated early and properly, ordinary depression could easily worsen and lead to clinical depression.

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I’ve suffered with ‘depression’ since i was young, iv tried antidepressants and counseling, none of them work.

I work in mental health but i don’t think i can talk to any therapists at work, it feels too close to home.

We were trying for a very long time for this baby, but when i became pregnant, my anxiety and black moods and mood swings have become unbearable.

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Ok, so here’s the story, I had sex yesterday, the condom broke but I’m on the pill, I don’t think I’m pregnant but incase I am would these medications harm a baby? (This is also necessary to know for future children) Lexapro (for depression/anxiety), Levsin (for IBS), Seasonele (birth control) and Zyrtec (alergies). Also, When can I take a pregnancy test?/When would the results be most accurate? Thank you!
By the way, I’m not trying to get pregnant (I should have said this before….my fault) but just b/c the condom broke and it’s a possibility I want to be sure that if there is a baby, I don’t hurt it.

My hubby and I have been married 4 years. We have no kids and have been trying for almost a year. He’s taking medicine for depression for PTSD/anxiety/epilepsy due to a severe head injury a couple of years ago. (Problems have stemmed from adding an anti-depressant recently.)

Anyhow, we’ve tried about 10 different medications, but each had the same side effect. ** TMI WARNING **He is able to get an erection but unable to ejaculate. I know it’s nothing else, because the problems start day 1 of taking the medicine. Then we would stop it, wait a week, and try another medicine. Same thing- first day, same problem. He is so hypersensitive to medications, and gets a lot of side affects.

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I appreciate any advice you have. I have been on Paxil for 4.5 years now. I began getting horrible panic attacks after the birth of my daughter, plus I was stressed as my now ex-husband lost his job and I learned he was doing drugs. I was on Paxil before my daughter was born(not during pregnancy) because I was having severe panic attacks. I had switched from Buspar, which made me feel like a complete zombie.
So when my daughter reached 3 months(she is now 4.5 years old), I began having those panic attacks again. My dr. put me on Paxil again, and I have been on it for over 4 years now. Good news, no panic attacks, but I feel like its not helping my depression. I am also on Welbutrin, 300 mg a day for depression and I was trying to quit smoking on it, which sadly, I did for awhile, then I am back on them. I still suffer from depression, and probably always will. Can a medication stop being effective after so long? Is there another depression med that I should try?

I’m 13 weeks pregnant and i have extreme migraines. I’ve always had migraines but since becoming pregnant i get it more often. My OBGYN prescribed me some medications. ON Sunday morning I went to fill my prescription along with my prenatal medication, and the pharmacist was very hesitant about given me the medication. He told me this medication is part of the FDA pregnancy risk Category C. There’s been reports of babies being born with physical abnormalities. Women who’ve taking this medication during their 3rd trimester have had infants who had seizures due to the withdrawal and they get ventilatory depression. He really didnt want me to take the medicine. I didn’t take it. I called my doctor today and he said it was fine. I don’t even know what to do. The medicine contains acetaminophen, butalbital and caffeine.