i have been really depressed during the last 4 monthsof my pregnancy and at time i have some bad thoughts. i was just wounddering if this will effect that baby at all. i haven’t asked my doctor cause i am afraid of what he might say or do
i have been depressed over other issue not about the baby

At one time, doctors believed that the hormones associated with pregnancy were a good protection against depression. In more recent years, however, there has been a growing body of evidence that depression during pregnancy is a serious problem, affecting 10-20% of all women – the same proportion that women as whole suffer without adding pregnancy into the equation. With figures like that and with the added concern that depression can factor into the health of the baby, it is important to know something about how depression and pregnancy are connected.

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