The birth of Brandi was a very happy moment in Joyce and Winfords life, but we had no clue what was about to happen days later. My sister seemed really excited about being a new mom and her husband was alot of help to her. I can still see him smiling when we called him "popa".

A week after Joyce gave birth, she started crying a lot, whenever the baby cried, she would do it also. It got to a point, when she started asking her husband to take the baby away. Joyce would call my mom and say, "Mom she want stop crying". I had no idea the birth of a baby could trigger a jumble of powerful emotions, from excitement and joy to fear and anxiety.

We are from a small town in Alabama, one hospital that is a 20 mins. drive. I really don't believe the Doctor's cared, knew about Postpartum Depression, because she was never diagnosed with it. After Brandi was 3, Joyce became pregnant again. When Quanta was born, the same thing happen, actually this time it was alot worse.

Two weeks after giving birth, Joyce called me on a Saturday morning and said, I'm on my way to visit you, it will be the girls and I. Of course, it was ok with me! I loved spending time with my sister.

It was maybe around 1pm, I receive a call from the emergency operator stating my sister was in a hotel room downtown and if I did not come to get her, they would have her admitted into the mental ward at the hospital. I'm freaking out, what? What happened? I'm on my way.

When I arrived, she had locked herself in the room and was crying at the top of her lungs. I finally got her to open the door and brought her and the kids home with me. I asked her what was wrong, she said nothing, I just came to bring you your baby. By now, I'm getting really scared. Joyce took the bus to Atlanta so that she could delivery me her new born. Oh my god, she was acting so crazy, when I got ready to call her husband, she begged me not too, but I called anyway.

Winford came the next morning to pick Joyce and the girls up, but when he got here my sister did not want to go home, it was like crazy, she started telling me and her husband to leave because she had work the next. All of a sudden, she wasnt Joyce anymore......she was me!

I think that was the worse weekend of my life. We finally got her back home and to the Doctor. They still did not diagnose the problem as POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, instead they put her on medication, then placed her in the hospital. She was in and out of mental hospitals.

The girls are adults now, Brandi has 2 kids, Winford passed away in 1996 and my sister was killed in a car accident on June 21, 2008.

Postpartum Depression isn't a character flaw or a weakness, sometimes postpartum is simply part of giving birth. and I truly believe that is what my sister had. If you have postpartum or no of someone who may have it, prompt treatment can help you manage your symptoms so you can enjoy your new baby!

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