Hi Relli,
I hope this can give you a direction.
I don't actually know any naturopath's down in Warrnambool but you could ring a few, make sure they are registered and ask if they do 'salivary hormone analysis'. This will give you an overview of your available hormones such as oestrogen, progesterone, melatonin, cortisol and testosterone. Without knowing everything about you, yes there could be an imbaance there. A GP will only take a blood test which will only give you the hormone levels that have already been uptaken, not what is bioavailbale in the saliva.
Depression can certainly be caused by hormone imbalance and so can having kids!!!
Let me know how you get on, and if yo need any more info you can visit my website for free info, visit the perimenopause section in th womens health section. I'm still building the site but you should find enough info to get you started.
Tip: First thing in the morning before you get up, tell yourself positive things, such as :
"I am going to be happy today" "I have a healthy happy body" etc etc. I know it sounds sappy but it's positive thinking that can change the course of your day. Don't wake up saying things like "I hate gettin up" i hope I'm not in pain today....these are all negative and you will have a negative day.
Kristin
Definately sounds like adrenal fatigue which causes depression and insomnia. I think alot of new moms get it from being up all night in the beginning and working and juggling and so on . You stop taking care of yourselves and thus the adrenal fitigue. The problem with ithis is if you go to an M.D. none of the tests will come back out of range enough they are only looking for diseases of the adrenals you need a good d.o. or natural doc to give you supplements for it. Sleep is most important on that list though even if you have to take the sleeping pills try to go to bed as early as possible and sleep as much as you can and everything else will fall in place. Get a good book on adrenal fitigue also suzanne sommers talks alot about it in her book.
good luck
keep in touch and feel free to ask me anything I know alot about it first hand.