National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

Some women in the period after birth have a depression. It is not uncommon that women feel depressed or sad. The condition is much more frequent in nulliparous.

The reason for this is unknown, but it is possible that there is a hormonal link, as there is a change in the concentrations of female sex hormones.

Often these changes are seen as a response to the shocks that occur during labor. The woman is exhausted and after 9 months of increased pressure on her body as fetal growth, and not least the often exhausting birth, it ends in. (more…)