Definition 1: When an expecting mother or father, develops depression nearing, on, or the passing of the expecting baby’s due date; Baby hasn’t arrived before, on, or shortly after due date.

Making Mom or dad, or both, depressed.

Definition 2: When multiple people constantly blow up your phone near, on, or past your due date asking if baby has arrived; not caring about your well being or how this may effect you. Resulting in Due Date Depression.

Example 1: I’m sitting in my room right now, made it as dark as I could, and holding back tears because my daughters due date is Tomorrow and everyone keeps blowing up my phone asking if she’s come yet.

Example 2: My wife hasn’t had our baby yet, and I’m sad because I’ve been so excited about meeting our baby. My wife’s been to triage 2 times but they were false alarms. I feel like I’m being teased by the world.

Example 3: Mom and Dad just lay in bed and in a dark room all day, everyday waiting for the delivery of their expecting baby.

Example 4: Thoughts like “What’s wrong with my body, why isn’t it doing what it’s supposed to do?”

“I tracked my period and knew when I got pregnant so my due date is spot on, why isn’t baby here yet”

“My wife keeps having false labor, It makes me really sad because I get really excited to meet our child”

Symptoms: Restlessness, Sad, Anxiety, No motivation to get up, loss of appetite, feeling lonely, irritability, mood swings.

Treatment: Labor, bringing home baby!

Please Note: I made this entirely up, but it should be a real thing because both myself and my fiancé are going through what I call “the DDD” (Due Date Depression) I am Due tomorrow and woke up to people who never even messaged me throughout my pregnancy; ask me “is baby here yet”.

No”hi how are you” just “is baby here” which made me cry and really sad because I’m exhausted and mentally drained of being reminded that she isn’t here yet.

As for my S/O I know he’s feeling blue, he asks me everyday when she’s coming and we’ve had a few times where we were in triage for false alarms which got both our hopes up.

There’s nothing wrong with me, I don’t need to see my dr for Depression. There’s nothing wrong with feeling this way and it’s very common, so I gave it name for all of us mamas. Due Date Depression.