Ask yourself if you:

Have difficulty getting to sleep, or want to sleep to much?

Feel exhausted most of the time, even after sleeping?

Notice a decrease in your appetite?

Worry frequently, or have bad or scary thoughts?

Think your children might be better off without you?

Feel guilty, confused, or ashamed of how you are feeling or acting?

Feel more irritable or angry; snap more than usual at partner or others?

Think you are an inadequate mother or person?

Cry over the slightest thing?

Find it harder to laugh, feel pleasure or interest in things?

Isolate yourself from your friends and neighbors?

Fear leaving the house or being alone?

Have anxiety attacks?

Are you forgetful, have difficulty concentrating or making decisions?

Do you have thoughts of hurting yourself or your baby?

Print out or take note of the items you answered, and bring with you to an appointment with your healthcare provider. Please seek out professional help if you are struggling. You do not deserve to suffer.

Are you thinking about hurting yourself, your baby,
or anyone else? 

Many women fear that their babies may be taken away from them if they admit to having scary or violent thoughts. In most cases, these mothers are only having intrusive thoughts, and have no real intention of harming anyone. Please know there is effective treatment available for these symptoms.

In An Emergency:

• Call 9-1-1, or Go to a Hospital Emergency Room

• Call the National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE

• In the Twin Cities Metro Area, Call: 612-873-2222

• Call Your Doctor or his/her Emergency On-Call Service

• Tell Someone You Trust to Call One of the Above Resources