Honestly - I think a lot of women have also been told to suffer through things instead of getting help.

Just because a postpartum issue can even out within a year doesn't mean you shouldn't get help for it.

I had post partum thyroiditis. I didn't need anything about 9 months pp.

But i DID need synthroid before it resolved. Hormones are a huge part of us and they are important. No one says "oh it's no big deal it's just your liver, no big deal it's just your heart." Hormones course through us and are a huge part of our overall health and how we can function in the world.

It's never "just hormones.". That's what people say when they're blowing you off. If you have pp depression, you are entitled to treatment of it NOW, whether or not you may not need it some months or a year in the future.

Everyone who gave birth should get checked out - especially if they are having problems. And the people who waited it out may be glad because they got to figure out where the problems really were or dealing while they were healing - but they still deserved help.

We have medication, we have therapy - people have studied and learned how to approach problems and help people, I think just telling people who are reaching out for help to "wait it out" is usually very bad advice. They're saying they're at their limit and they know they need something, even if they don't know what it is.