Nyu bebi na sɔntin we kin mek di famili gladi. Bɔt as nyu mama, yu kin fil bɔku strɛs, wɔri, ɛn sɔntɛm yu kin ivin fil bad we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ ɛksplen wit dis gladi at. Sɔntɛnde yu kin wɔnda, "Wetin mek dis de apin to mi? Wetin mek na mi wangren de sɔri we ɔlman gladi?" Yu nɔ nid fɔ fil se yu wangren de. Dis nɔto sɔntin we kin apin to yu wan. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt sɔntin we rili impɔtant we go ɛp wi fɔ ɔndastand dɛn filin ya.
Wetin na di Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) na wan rili simpul kwɛstyɔn we yu kin fil fɔ yusɛf. I kin mɔs luk if yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ pwɛl hat we yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn insay di fɔs ia afta yu bɔn pikin. Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, na we pɔsin kin yuz insɛf fɔ du am.
Dis kwɛstyɔn bɔks gɛt 10 kwɛstyɔn dɛn. Ɛni kwɛstyɔn de aks aw yu dɔn de fil fɔ di wik we dɔn pas. Dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya kin aks bɔt di filin dɛm wae kin kam mɔr pan pɔrsin wae gɛt pwɛl hat afta i bɔn, lɛk fɔ fil gilti, wɔri, ɛn fil lɛk ɔltin tu bɔrku fɔ handle.
I gɛt in nem frɔm di siti we nem Ɛdinbɔg, insay Skɔtland, usay dɛn bin fɔs mek am. Tide, di EPDS na di we we pipul dɛn lɛk ɛn we kɔrɛkt pas ɔl fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt pwɛl hat afta i bɔn.
di masta sabi pipul dεm se dεn kin du dis tεst bכku tεm we uman bεlε, we dεn de chεk am 6 wiks afta dεn bכn, dεn afta 6 mכnt εn wan ia. Dis kin mek yu ɔndastand yu maynd fayn fayn wan.
Dis skɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ ɔndastand if yu de pan denja fɔ gɛt pwɛl hat we yu de bɔn pikin ɛn if yu nid tritmɛnt. Na fayn tin bak fɔ chɛk yu patna in maynd wɛlbɔdi.
Wetin na Pɔstpartum Depression?
Dis na mental sik wae kin kam afta yu bɔn pikin. I kin afɛkt lɛk 13% pan di nyu mama dɛn. I kin bi se pɔsin kin fil bad we i nɔ kin ebul fɔ bia, i kin wɔri, ɛn i nɔ kin bisin bɔt tin dɛn we i bin de ɛnjɔy trade. Bɔku tɛm i kin bigin insay di fɔs tri wiks we i bɔn pikin. Bɔt i kin apin ɛnitɛm insay di fɔs ia.
Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin go to tritmɛnt fɔ dis. Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf shem ɔr frayd fɔ "wetin ɔda pipul dɛm go tink." Bɔt if dɛn nɔ trit am, i kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ kia fɔ yusɛf ɛn yu pikin. I kin afɛkt di we aw yu de biev wit yu pikin ɛn ivin di we aw yu ebul fɔ gi pikin in bɛlɛ. So i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis.
Yu gɛt dɛn sik ya bak? Dɔn tray fɔ yuz EPDS.
Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil bad smɔl, vɛks, ɛn fil bad afta yu dɔn bɔn pikin. Wi kin kɔl dis bak di "bebi bluz." Bɔt if dɛn filin ya kɔntinyu fɔ pas tu wiks , i kin bi di pwɛl hat we pɔsin kin gɛt afta i bɔn.
Luk di tebul we de dɔŋ ya ɛn tink if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn kwaliti ya.
| Di sayn we de sho se di sik de | Tɔk bɔt |
|---|---|
| Sɔri-at we pɔsin nɔ go ebul fɔ bia | A kin fil ɛmti ɔltɛm, a kin fil bad, ɛn a nɔ gɛt op. A de kray fɔ natin. |
| Lɔs fɔ intres pan ɛnitin | A nɔ kin fil igen fɔ du tin dɛn we a bin de ɛnjɔy trade (wach TV, tɔk to padi dɛn). |
| Slip kin chenj | A kin slip ɔltɛm, ɔ a nɔ kin slip atɔl. a noh fil foh slip ivin we di pikin de slip. |
| Fɔ wɔri bad bad wan | A kin fil big big lod pan mi at, a kin fil se a kin fred ɛn wɔri. |
| Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di it we dɛn de it | Yu nɔ kin want fɔ it ɔ yu kin it bɔku tin, ɛn dis kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi ɔ yu go gɛt mɔ wet. |
| Fɔ fil gilti | Bɔku tɛm, filin lɛk "A nɔto gud mama" ɛn "A na pɔsin we nɔ ebul fɔ du natin" kin kam na mi maynd. |
| Atɛnshɔn ɛn mɛmba | Fɔgɛt tin, fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan wan tin. |
| Bonding wit di pikin | I kin fil lɛk se i nɔ izi fɔ kia fɔ di pikin ɛn gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit am. |
| Tin dɛn we pɔsin kin tink bɔt we denja | Fɔ tink bɔt fɔ du bad to yusɛf ɔ di pikin. |
If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, mɔ if yu de tink bɔt fɔ du bad to yusɛf ɔ yu pikin, duya go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dis nɔto sɔntin fɔ ayd. Yu nid ɛp.
Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt frɔm di EPDS tɛst?
Dis na tin we rili simpul. Yu kin fɛn dis kwɛstyɔn na di intanɛt, ɔ yu kin aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ am. I go tek lɛk 5 minit so fɔ dɔn am.
Fɔ ɛni wan pan di 10 kwɛstyɔn dɛn, yu fɔ pik di ansa we go tɔk mɔ bɔt aw yu dɔn fil fɔ di pas 7 dez. Fɔ ɛgzampul, kwɛstyɔn dɛn kin de lɛk dɛn wan ya:
- Kwɛstyɔn: A bin ebul fɔ gladi ɛn gɛt op fɔ tin dɛn.
- [+0] A bin ebul fɔ du am klos to ɛvride.
- [+1] I smɔl smɔl pas aw i bin de bifo
- [+2] Bɔku smɔl pas aw i bin de bifo
- [+3] I nɔ pɔsibul atɔl.
- Kwɛstyɔn: A bin de wɔri ɔ fred fɔ natin.
- [+0] Nɔ, nɔto so atɔl.
- [+1] Na rili rarely
- [+2] Yɛs, sɔntɛnde.
- [+3] Yes, most of di taim.
- Kwɛstyɔn: A dɔn de tink bɔt fɔ du bad to misɛf.
- [+0] Nɔ ɛva du am.
- [+1] Na rili rarely
- [+2] Sɔntɛnde
- [+3] Yes, most of di taim.
Dis las kwɛstyɔn rili impɔtant. If yu gɛt ivin smɔl smɔl tin dɛn lɛk dis, yu fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am ɛn nɔ shem.
EPDS skor ɛn in minin
Dɛn kin gi ɛni ansa frɔm 0 to 3. Di maksimam nɔmba fɔ di poɛnt dɛn we yu kin gɛt na 30. Bay dɛn mak ya, dɛn kin sheb yu sityueshɔn lɛk aw i de dɔŋ ya.
| Skɔ rɛnj | Minin (roughly) . |
|---|---|
| 0 - 6. Di wan dɛn we de wok | Nɔ ɔr rili smɔl pwɛl hat sik. |
| 7 - 13. Di wan dɛn we de wok | Sho sɔm kayn pwɛl hat sik (mɔr pas 10 poɛnt nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn mɔ). |
| 14 - 19. Di wan dɛn we de wok | Mɔdaret pwɛl hat sik. |
| 19 - 30. Di wan dɛn we de wok | Impɔtant sayn dɛm wae de mek pɔrsin fil bad. |
Dɔktɔ dɛn kin tek 10 ɔ 13 mak as sɔntin we dɛn kin kɔt. Dis min se if yu mak pas dat, yu kin nid fɔ du mɔ tɛst ɛn ɛp yu.
Bɔt mɛmba dis: Di EPDS nɔto tin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ no di sik. Dat min se, i nɔ go ebul fɔ tɛl yu 100% fɔ shɔ if yu gɛt Postpartum Depression bays pan yu mak dɛm nɔmɔ. I jɔs de sho di wan dɛn we de pan denja. Fɔ no di sik kɔrɛkt wan, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ we sabi du di wok, lɛk dɔktɔ we de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt sik.
Aw fɔ gɛt ɛp?
If yu skɔ pas 10, ɔ ivin if yu skɔ smɔl, yu stil fil se "sɔntin de we nɔ rayt wit mi," duya nɔ ignore am. E kin tranga fɔ dil wit dis kayn strɛs wae yu de kia fɔ nyu pikin.
Si yu ɔbstetrishan/gaynikɔlɔjis (OB/GYN) ɔ mental wɛlbɔdi pɔshɔnal fɔ wan kɔmplit ɛvalueshɔn.
Yu dɔktɔ go tɔk to yu bɔt dɛn rizɔlt ya, aks yu sɔm ɔda kwɛstyɔn dɛn, ɛn tɛl yu wetin fɔ du nɛks. I kin aks yu bak fɔ du di tɛst bak insay lɛk tu wiks so.
Di tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛm na fɔ tɔk tɛrapi ɛn mɛrɛsin wae de mek pɔrsin fil bad. Dɛn dɔn gri fɔ wan pil we dɛn kɔl Zuranolone (Zurzuvae) bak fɔ dis sik. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fɔ no if i nɔ bad fɔ gi pikin in bɛlɛ we yu de tek dis mɛrɛsin.
I impɔtant bak fɔ gɛt gud sɔpɔt. Aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt sɔpɔt grup dɛn we yu kin jɔyn.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Di EPDS na simpul kwɛstyɔn wae dɛn kin yuse fɔ si if yu gɛt ɛni sayn fɔ pwɛl hat afta yu dɔn bɔn pikin.
- Dis na fɔ no di wan dɛn nɔmɔ we de pan denja. Dis nɔto fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik.
- If yu mak pas 10 ɔ yu fil se yu nɔ de fil fayn, yu go mɔs go to dɔktɔ.
- Di pwɛl hat we pɔsin kin gɛt afta i bɔn nɔto natin fɔ shem. Tritmɛnt dɛn de we go ɛp am fɔ du am. Nɔ fred fɔ aks fɔ ɛp.











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