Baby blues

Portuguese translation: tristeza pós-parto

10:17 Jan 8, 2008

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English term or phrase: Baby blues

The maternity baby blues, maternity blues or baby blues is a condition that 75-80% of mothers can experience after childbirth with a wide variety of symptoms which generally involve mild depression. Baby blues is not postnatal depression, unless it is abnormally severe.

After the placenta is delivered, the placental "hormone factory" shuts down causing radical changes in hormone levels, and the woman can suffer symptoms due to withdrawal from the incredibly high pregnancy levels of oestrogen, progesterone and endorphins. Combined with this shift in hormone levels is the physical, mental and emotional exhaustion - as well as sleep deprivation typical of parenting a newborn. All of these factors contribute to the condition.

It can also be normal for the ovaries (having been virtually inactive for the last six months of the pregnancy) to take a number of weeks to return to producing normal pre-pregnancy hormone levels.

This condition may also be associated with thyroid dysfunction.

OdeteGuimarães KudoZ activity Questions: 466 (11 open) (2 without valid answers) (28 closed without grading) Answers: 4 Portugal
Local time: 19:24

Portuguese translation:tristeza pós-parto

Explanation:
exemplo:

http://ajudaemocional.tripod.com/rep/id197.html

Selected response from:

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 19:24

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Summary of answers provided

4 +9

depressão pós-parto

Vasco Mota Pereira

2 +6

a melancolia da maternidade

liz askew

4 +1

tristeza pós-parto

Elvira Alves Barry

depressão puerperal

Heloísa Ferdinandt

tristeza materna

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

baby blues

Ivana de Sousa Santos

Answers

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

baby blues

tristeza pós-parto

Explanation:
exemplo:

http://ajudaemocional.tripod.com/rep/id197.html

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 10

2 hrs confidence:

baby blues baby blues

Explanation:
Eu talvez optasse aqui por deixar o inglês baby blues em itálico.

Em inglês o termo pode não ser tão forte, mas em português trata-se de uma depressão originada pelo parto, pelas incertezas da maternidade, etc., que provoca tristeza, dá vontade de chorar e nem sempre leva a que a mãe faça mal ao bebé.

Ivana de Sousa Santos
Portugal
Local time: 19:24
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

French

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

baby blues depressão pós-parto

Explanation:
This is usually the best term to describe this in Portuguese

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-08 14:13:03 GMT)
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Em todos os dicionários de inglês-inglês, tanto online como offline, "baby blues" aparece associado ao termo "post-natal depression" ("postnatal depression that some women experience after giving birth").

Vasco Mota Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 19:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Nuno Machado

12 mins

-> Obrigado

agree

Humberto Ribas

23 mins

-> Obrigado :)

agree

cristina estanislau

23 mins

-> Agradecido

agree

Mariana Moreira

29 mins

-> Obrigado

agree

Paul Dixon: Yes, indeed.

34 mins

-> Obrigado

disagree

liz askew: The English text says that the "baby blues" is NOT "post-natal depression"//BTW I interpret for Midwives dealing with mothers and there is a difference.

40 mins

-> Thank you for your contribution

neutral

Ana P D Carvalho: Agree with Liz

1 hr

-> Obrigado pelo contributo

disagree

Marlene Curtis: Depressão pós-parto é algo muito mais grave, pode até levar a mãe a prejudicar o bebê//Depressão pós-parto não é o mesmo que "baby-blues". Fui diagnosticada com "baby-blues" (tristeza após o parto) na Inglaterra e são duas condições diferentes.

1 hr

-> Obrigado pelo contributo

agree

Ivana de Sousa Santos: Depressão pós-parto pode ser mais ou menos grave consoante a personalidade da pessoa. O termo é "depressão pós-parto" em português.

1 hr

-> Obrigado, Ivana. :)

agree

Marcelo Gonçalves: É claro que a tradução está correta. O que acontece é que o termo (que é sinônimo de "baby gloom") é menos formal para "postnatal depression".

3 hrs

-> Obrigado.

agree

Cristina Santos

4 hrs

-> Obrigado, Cristina.

agree

Nuno Quintas (X): Dos sites que consultei parece nao haver consenso. De qualquer modo, e a expressao consagrada e corrente:. Ainda assim, consultar: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/depressionpos... (indica que a depressao pode ser mais ou menos grave)

6 hrs

agree

Teresa Bento

7 hrs

neutral

Dora Matos: Sendo em muitos contextos uma tradução corrente, pergunto-me como, neste contexto, traduziria "Baby blues is not postnatal depression" - "a depressão pós-parto não é depressão pós-parto?"

11 hrs

agree

airmailrpl: -

13 hrs

5 hrs confidence:

baby blues depressão puerperal

Explanation:
http://virtualpsy.locaweb.com.br/index.php?sec=29&art=341

Espero que os exemplos ajudem.

Reference: http://www.fen.ufg.br/revista/revista7_2/revisao_01.htm
Reference: http://www.ppg.uem.br/Docs/pes/eaic/XI_EAIC/trabalhos/arquiv...

Heloísa Ferdinandt
United States
Local time: 11:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 68

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

baby blues a melancolia da maternidade

Explanation:
Psicologia em Estudo - Mother-baby interaction in the context of ...
- [ Translate this page ]
Mother-baby interaction in the context of maternal depression: theoretical ... a melancolia da maternidade (baby blues), a psicose puerperal e a depressão. ...
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-73722... - 78k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-01-08 10:23:32 GMT)
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Or

a melancolia do pós
-parto
Baby Blues: Melancolia Pós Parto - bebê2000
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A forma mais branda da depressão pós-parto é conhecida como baby blues, ou melancolia do pós-parto. Surge, na maioria das vezes, até o quarto dia do ...
www.bebe2000.com.br/materia.asp?materia=154 - 36k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-08 11:19:53 GMT)
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For the record:

There is a difference between "depression" and "blues", the former treatable with anti-depressants, usually, and the latter sometimes not treated, though perhaps counselling/socialising with other mothers is suggested...

This is why the text says that "baby blues" is NOT post-natal depression.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-01-08 16:26:37 GMT)
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Mind > Information > Booklets by series > Understanding ...
Postnatal depression, ranging from the 'baby blues' to the severe puerperal psychosis: possible causes, treatments, sources of help and how to look after ...
www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Understanding/Understa... - 64k - Cached - Similar pages

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If this sounds like you, it could be that you’ve got the ‘baby blues’ – a mild form of post-natal depression, which affects nearly 80% of new mothers. You may feel tired and tearful, anxious and mildly depressed, often for reasons you can’t quite identify.

Symptoms of mild depression after birth are quite normal. They’re certainly not pleasant but they’re unlikely to be harmful to you, your baby or your close relationships. So it’s important to make the distinction between the ‘baby blues’– which can emerge around four days after the birth and persist for several weeks – and the persistent, deeper unhappiness, which goes on for much longer.

Moderate depression, which affects around 15% of women, can be difficult to distinguish from baby blues, especially in the early days. It can be more difficult to shift and have a deeper affect on your life. While it can respond well to self-treatment, especially in a supportive home environment, help from your doctor, health visitor or a counsellor is strongly recommended. Severe depression after birth is rare (occurring in only 1-2% of women) but may put both mothers and their babies at risk – it requires professional help. For more information see: Dr Howard Lee’s article: Post Natal Depression.

If anything, the Portuguese should =

A forma mais branda da depressao pos-parto

It is NOT fully blown post-natal depression.

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 128

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Katia Perry

5 mins

-> Obrigada!

agree

Cristina Serra: melancolia pós-parto

12 mins

-> Obrigada

agree

Ana P D Carvalho: Melancolia pós-parto

1 hr

-> Obrigada!

agree

Mafalda d'Orey de Faria

1 hr

disagree

Ivana de Sousa Santos: Em português é depressão. Não significa que a pessoa fique de rastos, uma vez que há vários níveis de depressão. Um dos seus exemplos diz "A forma mais branda da depressão pós-parto é conhecida como baby blues".

2 hrs

-> Whatever you say, there IS a distinction in English between baby blues and depression.

agree

Dora Matos: Agree with "melancolia pós-parto". According to the text, a distinction between the two terms is clearly needed.

3 hrs

-> Thank you, Dora. The distinction is very important.

agree

reginakersten

12 hrs

-> Thank you!

agree

airmailrpl: Melancolia Pós Parto -

14 hrs

-> Thank you!

8 hrs confidence:

baby blues tristeza materna

Explanation:
Os “Baby Blues” ou Tristeza Materna é um fenómeno que pode surgir nas semanas seguintes ao parto. Os sintomas básicos são a tristeza inexplicável, insónias e vontade incontrolável de chorar e têm na sua origem causas fisiológicas e emocionais, pelo conjunto de mudanças que a mulher sofre durante este período.

Example sentence(s):

Tristeza Materna é um fenómeno que pode surgir nas semanas seguintes ao parto

Reference: http://www.chbalgarvio.min-saude.pt/InfoUtente/Amamentacao/b...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 19:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 1304

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