Table 2 Mothers reporting prenatal onset of depressive symptomatology and initial reference to husband

... I believe that I was depressed during the pregnancy but no one identified it/six months after [my baby] was born was the critical time ...

... it was only my husband that knew what was going on. ... like it was pretty stressful kind of time for us/trying to get through it

...the whole pregnancy I felt like I didn't have any control ... after coming home [from hospital] like so depressed ... I didn't feel right

I did hold them [thoughts, feelings] in and then I told my husband because he said/"you know/you're not/you know you're changing ... I don't know how to explain. ... Talk to the doctor"

When I was pregnant with [my child] um I was very detached/early not attached ... it started from me when [my child] was born

... I just keep telling [name of partner] I am not ready to have a baby [following two family losses] and then unplanned we got pregnant

Even before I had the baby I look back in my journal ... a month before/a month before I had the baby

[My husband] kind of backed off like I think he didn't know what was going on/he knew what was happening all along but he didn't say anything

... about the second trimester of my [first] pregnancy/crying all the time um had suicidal thoughts ... it took me about nine months to finally seek help from the doctor

I was still crying and tearful and moody ... like we [my husband and I] kind of noticing the signs now/obviously

My seventh month of being pregnant I noticed that I wasn't excited/I was really nervous and fearing everything .../so anyway/I had a good delivery and even the same day/the same evening I didn't want to see [my child] ... when I came home [from hospital] I'm thinking my world just fell apart

... my husband stayed with me while I was in the hospital/so I kinda let him help out/we do almost everything ... [when child was about one month of age] I finally broke down and told my husband there was something wrong because he when back to work and I couldn't be alone because I feared everything

I first became aware of depression when I was six months pregnant

I remember looking at my baby who was crying and my husband was trying to comfort her/I had my first panic attack ... my husband went for help