blues" shortly after giving birth. (I know my wife did.)
Typically this arises from changing hormones. The first nine months
were spent pumping my wife full of new and exciting hormones. Then,
just as her body was getting used to them, she gives birth. Then,
right off the bat her body decides to try to swing back to where it
was before all this began... far as I can tell, it took another 6
months to get back to "normal".
The point of this is that all the changing body chemistry directly
leads to emotional results. Typically, shortly after birth most women
experience some form of blues. In some women this becomes exacerbated
and becomes a full on depression.
My point is that from what I've seen postpartum depression is real and
its effects are real. It affects some women more than others.
Doug
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:39:42 -0400, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Do you guys/gals think this is a legitimate disease?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is this a new phenomenom, or something that is old, but newly diagnosed?
>
> Neither. Like depression, alcoholism, and other mental illnesses, we've
> known about it for a while, but it wasn't really talked about.
>
> > Have any of the mothers on this list ever experienced anything remotely
> > close to these types of feelings?
>
> My mom went through it, I know, with my little sister. Although,
> obviously, not to the point of killing me. :-)
>
> --BenD
>
>
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