To Be Mom

Stress is bad for everybody at any point in life, but it is really dangerous for a woman who is planning to start off her family and is struggling to get pregnant. According to researchers, in US, rising levels of stress can lower the fertility levels in women as it upsets their menstrual cycle and [...]

Often depression during pregnancy is overlooked, which may further give rise to complications. Researchers say depression affects between 10 percent and 15 percent of pregnant women and is the strongest risk factor for postpartum depression. During which they are not able to eat properly neither get enough rest or prenatal care, which increases the risk [...]

Danish researchers have postulated that first-time mothers are at increased risk for mental disorders while fathers do not share that risk. The research is based on 32-year-old study that included more than 2.3 million Danes, nearly one in 1000 first time mothers were admitted to a psychiatric hospital with a mental illness such as depression, [...]

Experts have postulated that stress and depression during pregnancy is directly proportional to premature birth. Hormones which are related to stress play an important part in the development of unborn baby and this tends to shoot up in women who are in depression during pregnancy. High levels of these hormones are involved in triggering labor, [...]

It has been long postulated that new moms or moms-to-be generally suffer from depression. Though many pharmaceuticals have come up with drugs claiming to help cope with such depressions, the secrets seem to be lying in breast-feeding and the good fats in Omega-3 fatty acids. Both physical and psychological stressors increase levels of proinflammatory cytokines [...]

Pregnancy is supposed to be one of the happiest times of a woman’s life, but for many women this is a time of confusion, fear, sadness, stress and even depression. According to some medical scholars, nearly, one in 10 women suffers from depression during or immediately after pregnancy. Sharon Phelan, professor of obstetrics and gynecology [...]