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Dr. Jila Senemar

Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida

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Seeking Help For Postpartum Depression

Specialist Dr. Jila Senemar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, advises pulling patients with postpartum depression out of isolation, even though they feel that it is what they need. She says those patients need to be out, to be productive, to involve with family and friends and they need to be with their babies. Dr. Senemar advises calling 911 or any other line to find help in a crisis moment.

Calling A Doctor In Postpartum Depression Cases

Normally, the postpartum depression starts maybe two or three weeks after the delivery. Dr. Jila Senemar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, recommends if a relative has somebody that's having the baby blues, but they are not getting better within a week or two, that's when they need to ask for help. Postpartum depression also can happen with a miscarriage or stillbirth, affirms Dr. Senemar, who adds It's worse in patients whoâ€™ve had difficulty to conceive and cannot carry the pregnancy to term.

Treating Postpartum Depression

Dr. Jila Senemar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains physicians need to start with a specific questionnaire to find out and specify what issues they are having with the intention of applying the best therapy in postpartum cases. The ideal combination, she affirms, would be: family support, therapy with trained specialists (psychologists, counselors) and medication if it is necessary.

Postpartum Depression And Family Support

Family support is very important for overcoming postpartum depression. Parents, partner, aunts are the group that is going to help bring these patients out of depression. Dr. Jila Senemar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, advises to relatives or any person next to the patients to avoid trigger words. “You donâ€™ want to make them feel inadequate," she says.

Postpartum Depression Or Baby Blues?

There's a difference between postpartum depression and Baby blues. In both cases, Dr. Jila Senemar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, advises consulting with a qualified physician in order to manage the situation. She also says there is a spectrum of these mood disorders after delivering a baby in a postpartum period. In Baby blues they can set in around 2 or 3 days after delivery and they are usually the consequences of the drop in the hormones.

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