Antepartum Depression: Not Every Pregnant Woman Glows

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:38:00 GMT

Who here loved being pregnant? I see a couple of hands up but most of you are scowling at me. Yeah. I hated it too. I've never thrown up so much in my life, and I used to be bulimic. I was very sick and I was terrified. As badly as I had been wanting a baby for years it turned out that there were two of them in there and I was uncomfortable and exhausted and this thing was suddenly real.

We've all heard of postpartum depression, but did you know about antepartum depression? Nordette Adams wrote a great post all about it over on BlogHer. She called her post The Happy Pregnant Lady Myth. In it she mentions that one in five women experience antepartum depression.

So why are we all talking about PPD and not APD (I don't know if anyone else actually uses that acronym I might have just made it up, or maybe it should be AD, but whatever)? Did any of you experience this? Did I experience this and I just didn't know it?

Let's talk about this. It is important for pregnant women to understand that pregnancy isn't all ice cream and compliments. If you are pregnant and miserable you are not alone, and it could be physiological.

Strollerderby : Nordette Adams

Antepartum Depression: Not Every Pregnant Woman Glows