The Aftermath

Depression is a major issue with pregnancies in general. Two of the most common being postpartum depression and major depression usually caused by one is having to carry a baby to term with no desire to (in this situation). With depression may also come an extreme form of sadness that may result in suicidal thoughts and maybe escalate into suicidal behaviors. Sadly some women think this is their only way out of the pregnancy if they have already been denied the option to not have the child.

According to a research source, statistics show that in developed countries up to 16% of pregnant women meet the criteria for major depression. The number dramatically increases to 51% when minorities and unmarried teenagers are brought into the mix. Unmarried teenagers are the biggest risk factor for depression and suicidal impulses during pregnancy. Although major depression occurs during the actual pregnancy, postpartum depression can last long after a baby is born and can be unbearable to live with. 20% of postpartum deaths can be accounted for by suicide. Along with these statistics and mental illnesses, pregnancy also has a tendency to turn on hormones to a level that may be difficult to handle. Women who fall into any of these risk factors should be checked up on.

Women should not feel like they are trapped in a pregnancy. All that can be done to help living people now should be done before any attention is focused on something that could potentially become something or could potentially become nothing. Depression really does happen to a lot of people and a lot of the time friends and family do not even pick up on it. News of pregnancy could be just as devastating as it is for some people to find out they can never have children. Women need to have options, just because women are genetically able to have children, does not mean that they particularly want any.

Gentile, Salvatore. "Abstract:." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National  Library of Medicine, 5 Dec. 1930. Web. 8 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134924/>.

This source was some sort of a research project that focused on suicide ideation during pregnancy. It was found that it is actually a pretty common occurrence in both developed and developing countries.

This source is as reliable as it can be seeing as it is an experiment/research project. It is also a .gov website so its legitimate. This source played a big role in my topic because it offered statistics. I also did not have to focus early on in the pregnancies like my other posts were focused on. The source had a lot of information it was overwhelming at times with the foreign countries that do not really relate to what I was trying to discuss.