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Depressed after delivery? Eat fish!

May 23, 2013
A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry has found that increasing their intake of omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, could reduce depression after pregnancy. Child birth may elicit a depressive episode in …

Why depression hits women after childbirth?

October 15, 2012
Women may be hit with depression after childbirth due to chronic stress during pregnancy that negates benefits that the brain bestows on mothers, a study says. 'Normal' rat mothers showed an increase in brain cell connections in …

Mindfulness helps women deliver healthier babies

August 3, 2012
 First time mothers who pay attention to their physical and emotional changes during pregnancy give birth to healthier babies. "These findings are of  more than 40 years of research that has made clear that whether you are …

Depressed after delivery? You’re not the only one (Video)

November 19, 2012
If you just had a baby and are feeling less than ecstatic, don’t despair you’re not alone. 80% of all mothers experience postpartum depression of one form or another. However, most of them usually get over normal ‘baby …