Articles on Post-Partum Depression
Postpartum depression:
What are the symptoms?
The birth of a baby is both a happy and a stressful time for a woman.
Months of anticipation are over, the infant has arrived and is healthy,
and both sets of grandparents are beaming. But you’re not…
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Postpartum
depression: Effects on relationships (1)
Postpartum depression affects roughly one in 8 women and is much more
than a feeling of unhappiness or sadness. It is a real illness, is beyond
the mother’s control, and requires medical intervention…
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Postpartum
depression: Effects on relationships (2)
In Postpartum depression: Effects on relationships (1), we looked at
this disturbing condition from the mother’s point of view, explaining
that the lack of interest in the newborn and the inability to adequately
care for the new baby is simply the effect of the illness, not a reflection
of mothering ability… (Read
more)
Postpartum
depression: Effects on relationships (3)
In this blog, we continue with looking at how postpartum depression
affects the mother, her partner and family and friends as discussed
in Postpartum depression: Effects on relationships (1) and (2)…
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Postpartum
depression: Effects on the marriage
Postpartum depression can be one of the significant factors involved
in marital friction and divorce. Despite the prevalence of the condition,
women are reluctant to talk about the effect it has on their marriage…
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Fathers and postnatal
depression
A new study from the University of Melbourne in Australia has revealed
a vital link between postnatal depression in new mothers and the behaviors
of the baby’s father… (Read
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Postpartum psychosis: What
is it?
Postpartum psychosis is the most severe of the three postnatal conditions
as outlined in Postpartum depression: How do I know I have it? It affects
roughly one in 500 new mothers and generally manifests within the first
fortnight after giving birth… (Read
more)
Post-birth Weight
Loss and its Psychological Impact
I read an interesting article recently about new mothers and their struggle
to regain their figures after childbirth. Actually, it was more sad
than interesting... (Read
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