When former Women's Health cover star and Made In Chelsea alumni, Millie Mackintosh, shared her personal experience with the 'baby blues' on Instagram, there was an outpouring of support. In a ...

Two weeks ago, I met a pregnant woman who described experiencing depression after her first pregnancy but received no help or support. Her family physician said she was just going through the baby ...

Did you know that most new mothers experience some baby blues? First, there’s the anxiety and stress they feel because there’s so much they don’t know about what’s coming next. Next, there’s the ...

Exercise-only programs help cut the severity of the 'baby blues' and the risk of major clinical depression in new mothers, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the ...

For some mothers, having a baby brings a joy that is difficult to describe. For others, the early months of motherhood can also bring exhaustion, anxiety, sadness and a sense of isolation that they ...

Dr. Jones: Your baby smiles and her whole little face lights up, but you can't smile back. What's wrong? Is it the baby blues or something more serious? This is Dr. Kirtly Jones from Obstetrics and ...

Moments after Jenna Carberg gave birth to her daughter, doctors put the baby on her chest. “I felt a disconnect right away,” she recalled. At home, the Orlando, Florida, mom was exhausted and anxious ...

Postpartum depression — a severe and long-lasting mood disorder affecting new parents — is self-reported in approximately 12% to 16% of US women, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It’s ...

Postpartum depression is a highly stigmatized form of depression occurring within one year of a live birth. Easily confused with baby blues, postpartum depression can result in postpartum suicide, ...

Many people expect the time after a baby is born to be full of joy and a "postpartum glow." But the truth is, for up to 80% of new mothers, the experience is often different; they get what's called ...