{"id":21869,"date":"2024-01-09T00:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T23:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/?p=21869"},"modified":"2024-01-09T00:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T23:15:26","slug":"suprising-things-about-postpartum-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/suprising-things-about-postpartum-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Suprising Things About Postpartum Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world often sees expecting mothers, and those who recently had a newborn, through rose-tinted lenses. While there certainly is plenty of maternal joy, love, and happy times, for one in ten women (and some men) who suffer from postpartum depression, there can also be many emotional difficulties that come with the postpartum period. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Baby blues<\/span><\/a>\u201d – which typically include crying spells, mood swings, difficulty sleeping, and anxiety – are experienced by most new moms after childbirth that may begin a few days after delivery and last for up to two weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, when the \u201cbaby blues\u201d last for much longer and becomes more severe, it is known as postpartum depression, or \u201cperipartum depression\u201d if it begun during the pregnancy and continues after childbirth. The most severe form of postpartum depression is postpartum psychosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some things to know about postpartum depression so you can have a deeper understanding of the condition and know how or when to seek help.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s extremely common<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some studies report that up to <\/span>1 in 7 <\/span><\/a>women in the U.S. may experience some form of postpartum depression the first year after giving birth, which may be higher than the traditional 1 in 10 because it accounts for those who are never diagnosed or seek treatment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, these statistics only account for postpartum depression in women in live births; many women who have stillbirths or miscarry suffer from postpartum depression symptoms as well. Think about it this way – more <\/span>new mothers<\/span><\/a> will suffer from postpartum depression each year than men will be diagnosed with cases of impotence this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a global phenomenon<\/span><\/h2>\n

Postpartum depression is not limited to the United States, Europe, or the Western world. All around the globe, tens of millions of cases occur, and likely <\/span>hundreds of millions<\/span><\/a> of women suffer from the condition if statistics were given for all countries. <\/span>Some statistics<\/span><\/a> compiled by Postpartumdepression.org to consider:<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada<\/span><\/h3>\n