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Article by Peter Hutch

Causes of Postpartum Depression

The exact causes of postpartum depression are unknown,but rapid hormonal changes that accompany pregnancy and delivery may trigger depression. Levels of the hormones estrogen, progesterone, and cortisol fall dramatically within 48 hours after delivery. Women who go on to develop postpartum depression may be more sensitive to these hormonal changes. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a condition that describes a range of physical and emotional changes that many mothers can have after having a baby.

After PregnancyDepression after pregnancy is called postpartum depression or peripartum depression. After pregnancy, hormonal changes in a woman’s body may trigger symptoms of depression. During pregnancy, the amount of two female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, in a woman’s body increases greatly. In the first 24 hours after childbirth, the amount of these hormones rapidly drops back down to their normal non-pregnant levels. Researchers think the fast change in hormone levels may lead to depression, just as smaller changes in hormones can affect a woman’s moods before she gets her menstrual period.

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Article by Peter Leigh

Postpartum depression, and for that matter depression during pregnancy, is relatively common. It’s difficult to get reliable statistics for postpartum depression as it is often not reported.

Estimates are however that anywhere up to 25% of women have suffered some form of major depressive symptoms during or after pregnancy.

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Article by James Pendergraft

Pregnancy and delivery can have a lot of effects on a woman’s health. In most cases, a woman is caught unprepared for life after pregnancy. As a result, adjusting to the new life becomes a major challenge, which is likely to alter family relations. However, with sufficient knowledge as well as the proper mental outlook, women may be able to cope with post-partum depression.

What Is Post-partum Depression?

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Article by Jeremy S. Abrahamson

Estimates indicate that somewhere between ten and thirteen percent of women who deliver babies experience postpartum depression and sometimes, anxiety. Anxiety and postpartum depression often go hand-in-hand simply because of the immense life changes that occur with the arrival of a baby.

Even in women with no previous history of depression, worries about being a good mother, unrealistic expectations of themselves, massive hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and childbirth, and the financial changes that often accompany parenthood can combine to create a situation where postpartum depression and anxiety can lead to overwhelming feelings of helplessness, fear, sadness, listlessness, sleep difficulties, and paralyzing disinterest in activities that you once found enjoyable and interesting.

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Article by Deborah M

One new study suggests that a simple blood test can predict whether a woman is likely to develop postpartum depression (PPD) during her pregnancy and after she gives birth. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, tested 100 pregnant women during weeks 15, 19, 25, 31, and 37 of their pregnancies. They performed a test on the level of a hormone, placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH), which is found in the mother’s placenta. During postpartum, these women were also examined and screened for depression during the last four physician checkups before they gave birth and then again after they delivered. Sixteen of the 100 women in the study showed postpartum depression symptoms. In those sixteen women, the level of pCRH found at week 25 of the pregnancy was elevated.

Postpartum depression affects between 10 and 13% of pregnant women and new mothers. There is no concrete information to suggest what causes the condition, but several things are contributing factors. Stress during pregnancy, a history of depression or PMS, fluctuating hormones and a lack of social and emotional support are all believed to put the mother at risk.

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Article by Peter Hutch

Postpartum Depression that occurs during pregnancy or within a year after delivery is called perinatal depression. The exact number of women with depression during this time is unknown. But researchers believe that depression is one of the most common complications during and after pregnancy. Often, the depression is not recognized or treated, because some normal pregnancy changes cause similar symptoms and are happening at the same time. Tiredness, problems sleeping, stronger emotional reactions, and changes in body weight may occur during pregnancy and after pregnancy. But these symptoms may also be signs of depression.

Many women experience major mood shifts after childbirth, ranging from brief, mild baby blues to longer-lasting, deeper clinical depression, which is known as postpartum depression. Feelings of sadness and depression are more common after childbirth than many people may realize. It’s important for new mothers — and those who love them — to understand the symptoms of postpartum depression and to reach out to family, friends, and medical professionals for help.

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Giving birth to a baby may be certainly one of essentially the most great moments inside a woman’s life nonetheless it is also extremely stressful and entails lot of anxiousness. Most of the new moms go via these feelings and this is what’s stated to become postpartum depression. Some of the symptoms or signs of this depression is sleeping troubles, curiosity, anxiety, frustration, improper consuming habits or less appetite for food, fear relating to handling and bringing up the baby inside the future, and so on. These organic feelings at times make the mothers feel that they tend not to deserve to become mothers. These feelings turn into far more active specifically right after 3 or four days right after the delivery. These child blues final for only a few weeks and can not be termed as any sort of illness or disease. These points don’t need any medical therapies and it also will not mean that the mother will cease caring for the youngster.

Depression Postpartum

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