News tagged with 'Postpartum'

In this first study looking at diabetes and its impact on pregnancy, delivery, and babies, Harvard researchers find that pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes are twice as likely to become depressed.

The mystery of postpartum depression has been largely that - a mystery. But this University of California, Irvine published study found that an increased level of corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH), at 25 weeks might be an indicator of who develops the debilitating, yet treatable condition.

A new study in the journal Human Reproduction suggests women who experience depression early in their pregnancy are at twice the risk of preterm delivery, the leading cause of infant mortality.

A French study finds that among women who had post-partum depression, three-quarters had given birth to sons. Depression and lower quality of life were both measured and researchers overwhelmingly found lower scores among women who had boys.