How to help my wife? (1,229 views)

Hello Robert,

this has to be very scary. Have you ever heard about post natal depression? I'm not a doctor myself but it seems like your wife is suffering from it. This is actually a very common thing. You are doing your best and this is very important now because she needs every support she gets. It might be hard but maybe she can talk to a doctor about it. There are also peer groups that help women to overcome these depressions so they can enjoy motherhood.

The thing you can do is to be there for her always and I have the feeling you are doing this.

Lot's of mothers are saying the feel very alone especially at night. I don't know if she is breast feeding but maybe she can bump milk or you also use formula so you can feed the baby too. You can find organic ones on myorganicformula.com.This can take away some of the stress. Take your part doing the household and have an open ear whenever she needs one. Maybe you can invite a friend of her so she can talk to someone else too. Sometimes this is good because it can be that she has a bad consciousness even though she shouldn't. When she has a good relationship to her or also your mother you could talk to them to talk to her. Sometimes it is easier to talk to another mother about these problems.

I hope that she is going to get better soon! Don't lose hope!

Don't hesitate to talk more about your feelings too!

Daylee