Postpartum depression can affect anyone regardless of social status or wealth. The list of celebs who have had to gain control of this very real part of pregnancy and childbirth continues to grow. The latest celebrity to admit to having suffered from postpartum depression is singer Marie Osmond.
Reports published recently online revealed that in 1999 [...]
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Researchers are claiming that pregnancy magazines are to be blamed for the baby blues. In their opinion, these magazines offer pregnant women a somewhat unrealistic view of pregnancy and giving birth.
Tags: Depression, post partum depression, post-natal depression, pregnancy magazines, The Making of Modern Motherhoods
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Looks at the story of Shelley Price, a British mother who is unable to love her child. The possible causes and feelings are discussed.
Tags: depression among new moms, mother-child bonding, parent-child relationships, post partum depression
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The birth of a baby should be a joyful time, so people have long been puzzled as to why so many mothers suffer from post-partum depression, PPD.
PPD is depression which affects mothers of newborns, and symptoms can range from mild sadness – the “baby blues” up to the most severe form, post-partum psychosis, which is [...]
Tags: Depression, post partum depression, ppd
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Scientists in Australia have found that pregnant women who become depressed in the later stages of their pregnancy are more prone to postnatal depression. The results of the study were published online on April 18, 2008 in the open-access peer review journal, BMC Psychiatry.
The researchers, Dr. Bronwyn Leigh of Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Austin Health [...]
Tags: late-pregnancy depression, maternal health, pernatal depression, post partum depression, pregnancy-related depression
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