You
should be overjoyed you have this wonder new life in your
arms. But deep inside, that little girl within you needs
to be cared for too.
Motherhood
never comes with a manual and in most cases is very unknown.
There are very few occasions when you go into hospital not
really knowing what the outcome will be. For many of us
knowing we require an operation and having to wait for it
- helps us to get our mind round the idea and we cope better.
Maybe
you were lucky and had the birth you hoped for. Maybe you
didn't have a birth plan but the birth didn't turn out like
most births you have heard of.
Many
things contribute to Post Natal Depression and Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder some are listed below
Lack
of care in the hospital
Lack
of compassion and understanding by medical professionals
Traumatic
delivery requiring c-section, ventouse or forceps
Shoulder
Dystocia
Injury
to Baby
Injury
to Mother, including post partum heamoraghing
Poor
pain relief
Isolation
- lack of family and friends support
Colic
- unsettled baby
Worry
about money or baby's health
Your
NOT alone anymore!
It has
been reported that 11,000 women in Scotland suffer from
Post Natal Depression each year.
There
are plenty of women out there expriencing exactly what you
are now, or have been in the past and have RECOVERED.
Baby-Scot.co.uk
is making it's mission to help support and provide information
for women and their partners throughout Scotland who have
been affected in this way.
We have
chosen the Birth Trauma Association as our charity.
Useful
Links
Help
in Scotland
Postnatal
Depression Services in Scotland
Wallace House, 3 Boswall Road, Edinburgh EH5 3RJ tel 0131
538 7288,
the Postnatal Depression Services Main Office, based on
the North side
of the City.
Palmerston Place Counselling & Support Centre, 8a Palmerston
Place, Edinburgh
EH12 4AA tel 0131 220 3547, in the city centre of Edinburgh.
East Edinburgh Centre, The Gate Lodge, 27 Milton Road East,
Edinburgh EH15 2NL
tel: 0131 454 4315, near Portobello.
The Bluebell PND Helpline at Parentline Scotland (Free &
Confidential):0800
3457 457,
open Mon., Wed., Fri. from 9am-5pm & Tues. & Thurs.
from 9am-9pm.
The
Postnatal Depression Services offers the following services:
* Individual and Couples Counselling
* Women's Therapy Groups / Men's Therapy Groups
* Art Therapy, both individually and in groups
* Infant Massage, both individually and in groups
* Couples Groups
* Crèche Facilities
* Telephone Support
* Family Therapy
* Training, Education & Consultancy in Postnatal Depression
Referrals:
Referrals may be made by a Health Professional or as a self-referral.
Referrals will have a child under the age of 2 years. Clients
will be invited to attend an Initial
Assessment to explore the kind of support they may require.
If arrangements can be made at Initial Assessment stage
for the commencement of support, this will be done.
If there is a waiting list, the client will be contacted
as soon as a counsellor or service becomes available. Telephone
support may be offered prior to engaging in regular support.
CrossReach
have a small PND Centre attached to the Tom Allan Centre
in Glasgow. Tel: 0141 221 1535
Depression
Alliance Scotland
Bluebell
Highlands
National
Mothers
Voice
Royal
College of Psychology
APNI
PNI
