And for a good reason — up to 1 in 7 mothers deal with
postpartum mood disorders which can lead to severe depression, anxiety, loss in appetite, inability to care for oneself or one's new baby, mood swings, and even sometimes thoughts of suicide.
Not exact matches
It's important to differentiate between the baby blues,
which usually will pass in a few weeks, and
postpartum depression, a serious
disorder that can lead to
mood and sleep problems if untreated.
There is also something called
Postpartum Adjustment
Disorder (or Postpartum Stress Syndrome), which is a grey area that fits between just regular «motherhood is tough» and a mild perinatal mood d
Disorder (or
Postpartum Stress Syndrome),
which is a grey area that fits between just regular «motherhood is tough» and a mild perinatal
mood disorderdisorder.
Postpartum mood disorders encompass a wide range of conditions which differ in scope, symptoms, duration, and severity ranging from the well - known «baby or maternity blues», which affects an estimated 85 % of women, to the most severe form of PPD, postpartum psychosis, which affects an estimated 0.1 % to 0.2 %
Postpartum mood disorders encompass a wide range of conditions
which differ in scope, symptoms, duration, and severity ranging from the well - known «baby or maternity blues»,
which affects an estimated 85 % of women, to the most severe form of PPD,
postpartum psychosis, which affects an estimated 0.1 % to 0.2 %
postpartum psychosis,
which affects an estimated 0.1 % to 0.2 % of women.
Postpartum depression (PPD) is an umbrella term that refers to various
mood or anxiety
disorders which can follow childbirth.
It is different than other
postpartum mood disorders in that it doesn't present with depression symptoms for example and is much different than the baby blues
which is those first few weeks after delivery when you have your very standard tearfulness, lethargy, sleep deprivation and just adjusting to being a new mama.
So for example let's say you start to wean breastfeeding
which is one of the times we see an onset of a
postpartum mood disorder and you're starting to feel more anxious.
There was no talk of
postpartum mood disorders in the middle - class Singaporean Chinese mothers» groups in
which I found myself.
My
postpartum mood disorder manifested as hypomania (the «lesser» form of mania) as well as a rare condition called hypergraphia,
which is nonstop writing.
We tend to push our new moms to bounce back as quickly as possible
which can lead to so much of what we are seeing today: breastfeeding difficulty,
postpartum mood disorders and relationship problems.
Our goal is to ensure that every woman in Utah receives information on risk, prevention, and treatment of pregnancy and
postpartum mood and anxiety
disorders which affect at least 13 % of Utah moms.