Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Postnatal Depression More Common After Birthing Boy

A new study by UK researchers has found the odds of developing postnatal depression (PND) is increased after a complicated delivery or when a mother has a baby boy.

Specifically, University of Kent investigators discovered that women who give birth to males are 71-79 percent more likely to develop PND. Furthermore, women whose births had complications were 174 percent more likely to experience PND compared to those women who had no complications.

As a result of their findings, investigators...


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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/11/07/postnatal-depression-more-common-after-birthing-boy/140161.html

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