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What happens when Peripartum Depression visits your Pregnancy? Maria's Birth Story + Clinical Psychologist insights What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights
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- Parenting
Every pregnancy is awash in chemicals--that’s how the magic happens, how we turn an egg and a sperm into another human being. But this chemistry can have other consequences, notably, peripartum depression. Peripartum depression, the condition formerly known as postpartum depression, has been renamed to reflect the fact that this form of depression can strike during a pregnancy, as well as after it. It is believed to affect 1 in 9 mothers, a full 50 percent of these cases are thought to occur ...
Every pregnancy is awash in chemicals--that’s how the magic happens, how we turn an egg and a sperm into another human being. But this chemistry can have other consequences, notably, peripartum depression. Peripartum depression, the condition formerly known as postpartum depression, has been renamed to reflect the fact that this form of depression can strike during a pregnancy, as well as after it. It is believed to affect 1 in 9 mothers, a full 50 percent of these cases are thought to occur ...
35 min