If you’re a brand-new mom who expected to be full of joy at this point, it can be upsetting and confusing when you’re actually feeling the opposite. Rest assured, you’re not alone: Anywhere from 40 to 80 percent of new mothers experience the baby blues – an emotional state of tearfulness, unhappiness, worry, self-doubt, and fatigue.
The baby blues typically begin a few days after delivery and go away on their own within a week or two.
This thing is called ‘Postpartrum Depression’, but sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between clinical depression and the normal stress and exhaustion of new parenthood.
But if your feelings of sadness or despair are so powerful that they prevent you from being able to do your daily tasks – such as caring for yourself and others – you could have PPD.
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