It is strange that some of us can go without ever realizing we ever had postpartum, but it does happen. Think back right after you had your child, did you go through any period of depression/sadness/anger? Maybe it seemed small or trivial to you but it could’ve been postpartum. Many will miss the symptoms because they just classify it as having a baby.

ABC News is looking for men that had postpartum depression after their baby was born. Some of you may not know it but it does happen in men as well as it does with women. All those thoughts that go through a female, can actually go through a man.
 Men wonder why they aren’t happy about the birth of their new son/daughter. This is easy for a man, especially with many of them holding that “macho” gene of how will I care for him/her? Whether they’ll be like their parents? Are they making enough money? If they have a wife that …read more

Lune is the French word for moon, the satellite that revolves around the earth, exerting its pull upon the tides and, according to the most respectable old wives, upon the female cycle, fertility, conception and birth.
In moon represents woman at her fullest: pregnant. After that, though, comes the blue moon, the postpartum period and the first phase of new motherhood. With this comes the new role of mother (or multiple times a mother) recovery, adjustment and an entirely new life. Babylune started out as a blog about this first phase of new motherhood, as an information resource for the recovery …read more

Is it safe for pregnant women to take medication for depression while pregnant?
According to a new study from the Society for Women’s Health Research, only 10 per cent of women think it is safe. 68% of doctors believe taking medication for depression during pregnancy is safe.
About 50% of women believe it’s safe to take the drugs during the postpartum period. 97% of doctors think it is safe.
Why the huge gap?

A new study by Dr. Nadja Reissland found that women who cradle their babies to the right, may be experiencing higher than normal stress levels and indicate a greater likelihood of PPD.
Obviously, hand-preference, child behavior and other factors influence how new mother’s hold their babies, but this observation is an important one. We’ve already seen research that shows many doctors just don’t ask their patients who are new mothers about stress and other emotional factors. Asking them to notice how a woman holds her child may just prompt time-starved medical professionals to delve a little deeper into their patients’ well-being.
Results …read more

When I wrote the Top Five Ways to Prevent Postpartum Depression, the comments section became a platform for discussing the commercial interests in producing vitamin supplements as well as the pharmaceutical industry’s desire to keep interest in the supplements down. The conversation left me uncertain of many complex issues. Still, I cannot figure out why people can raise money to produce supplements, but they can’t raise money to create a charity or a foundation to study Postpartum Depression and educate families about it.

Women are strong people who are equal to men, but new mothers have often been injured by giving birth and they need support. Soldiers don’t leave wounded comrades on the battlefield. Don’t leave your wife to face this “woman’s problem” alone.

In recent months there have been huge efforts to inform women and their partners about the existence of Postpartum Depression (PPD) and Post Natal Depression (PND). There’s just one problem. Many doctors aren’t including important questions to diagnose PPD when they examine new mothers says a new study.

I’ve discovered that it isn’t difficult to tell someone when I think she had PPD.
Nope.
The hard part is convincing her that she really does have time to do something about it.

Over the years, many people have suggested that experienced mothers in constant contact with new mothers – LLL leaders, playgroup volunteers, women’s faith group facilitators, for example – should be trained to recognise the signs of postpartum depression. The idea being that those women could then gather the community, social and medical resources together in order to help the new mother and her family.  I’ve always thought it was a great idea. Until I was in a position to spot a potential case of PPD and had no idea how to broach the subject….