After giving birth, about 30% to 80% of women will experience “baby blues,” feeling mild depression, weepiness, irritability, fatigue and moodiness. These mood changes occur in response to the hormonal changes that follow childbirth and rapidly resolve within hours or days.
About 10% of women, though, will go through postpartum major depression (PMD), experiencing more severe, lasting symptoms. Good self-care and support from family
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After giving birth, about 30% to 80% of women will experience “baby blues,” feeling mild depression, weepiness, irritability, fatigue and moodiness. These mood changes occur in response to the hormonal changes that follow childbirth and rapidly resolve within hours or days.
About 10% of women, though, will go through postpartum major depression (PMD), experiencing more severe, lasting symptoms. Good self-care and support from family
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There’s an interesting news article making the rounds.
Amy Philo is a new mom who, like many others with postpartum depression, had feelings to harm her child and others around her. She even thought to throw the baby down the stairs. While thoughts to harm the child are not common in postpartum depression, when they are, this is, surprisingly, one of the more common ones. Since her experience, she has become something of an activist
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