Few families readily perceive the full extent of a woman's vulnerability once labor has ceased. Many times, the intense focus and concentration that friends and family members directed toward the mother are abruptlywithdrawn and transferred to the infant or elsewhere. Some women who are strongly dependent on this psychological/emotional support sense the loss acutely. This may contribute to postpartum depression.
-Judy Edmunds in "The Grand Finale to Birth," Midwifery Today Issue No. 34
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Depression
Few families readily perceive the full extent of a woman's vulnerability
once labor has ceased. Many times, the intense focus and concentration that
friends and family members directed toward the mother are abruptly
withdrawn and transferred to the infant or elsewhere. Some women who are
strongly dependent on this psychological/emotional support sense the loss
acutely. This may contribute to postpartum depression.
-Judy Edmunds in "The Grand Finale to Birth," Midwifery Today Issue No. 34
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Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 1 Issue 39, Sep 24, 1999)
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