Avoiding Depression After The Birth of a Child

      It was really nice to talk about this because I have never really thought about being less happy in my marriage after I have had a child. I want my future marriage to be one that keeps increasing in happiness even after children are added. We talked about quite a few things that can be done to avoid this depression. One of the ways was having the wife AND the husband go to the doctor appointments. This shows that the husband cares and is willing to support his wife. It also helps because the husband will know how to best help his wife because he will understand more what his wife is going through by hearing the doctor and asking questions. Another thing that wife can do is to involve the husband in what she is feeling and experiencing.  Such as having the husband feel the baby kick or explain what it feels like to have another living thing inside you. One important aspect is to keep the relationship husband and wife not wife and her mom. Sometimes when a woman is pregnant she will turn more to her mom then to her husband. The truth is that your husband would probably love to help and support you if you will let him. One last thing that I will mention is good communication. If a husband and wife share with each other their concerns about not loving each other as much after the baby comes then they will both be able to create a plan how to keep their love strong even if it is just setting a day out of the week that the two of you can be alone.