According to study results released by the Women and Teen Girls’ Mood and Hormone Clinic and the Center for Women’s Mental Health, about 85% of women experience some mood changes in the year after giving birth. In about 15% of those women, Postpartum Depression also known as Post Natal Depression may be diagnosed. Very rarely, 1 or 2 in 1000 women may develop Postpartum Psychosis that usually shows itself in the first 2 to 4 days after the child is born.

To call new motherhood stressful is not just a cliché. It’s an understatement. I am not sure if it is social conditioning or some hormonal flood that causes women to make themselves their last priority after giving birth. Of course, even during the immediate post-partum period, a crying newborn and relating to a whining, jealous older sibling(s) both take precedence over a little relaxation time. And those of us who have to work for much needed household money while we raise our newborns have other priorities to put before our discomforts too. Being on, being productive and being in motion …read more