Colic, crying, round - the - clock wakings — is it any
wonder that parents
experience high rates of depression in the first year after the
birth of a child?A study of British parents in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that more than one - third of mothers and
about one - fifth of fathers seem to have weathered depression sometime between becoming parents and their children's 12th birthday, with the most episodes occurring in the first year after
birth.
I just
wondered what you thought
about a woman's right to a positive
birth experience, especially when — correct me if I'm wrong — women who have traumatic
experiences have higher rates of post natal depression?