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Postnatal Depression

Share June 14th, 2010

Having a baby is a major event in any woman’s life and this is particularly so in the case of a first baby. Motherhood is an exciting and wonderful experience. Baby books and magazines expound at length about the joys of parenthood. This booklet is designed to explain both the normal and abnormal emotional responses which may follow on the birth of a new baby.

Emotional distress following delivery ranges from the very common, mild and short lived ‘baby blues’, through postnatal depression, to the more serious but rare condition, Puerperal Psychosis. Happily the vast majority of women, 85% of them, succeed in getting through pregnancy, childbirth and the year that follows, without any major psychological difficulties. Remember, if you have postnatal depression, do not despair, it is treatable and you will make a full recovery.