The Sweep 1 assessments took place when the study child was already 10 months old, beyond the immediate postnatal period often associated with maternal depression. (gov.scot)
However, increasing maternal depressive symptoms from the prenatal to postnatal period predicted greater right frontal activity and relative right frontal asymmetry amongst 6 - month infants but these finding were not observed amongst 18 - month infants after adjusted for post-conceptual age on the EEG visit day. (journals.plos.org)
This is so that more time can be spent on topics such as Breastfeeding, more opportunity for discussions about issues related to birth / postnatal period including Postnatal Depression / homelife / relationships and more specific issues such as babies going to the Special Care Baby Unit. (fatherhoodinstitute.org)