Volume : 2 Issue : 2
Acupuncture to Prevent, Detect and Treat Postnatal Depression
Annabelle Pelletier
ABSTRACT
Giving birth is an intense physical and emotional experience. Also, 50 to 80% of mothers experience “baby blues” on the 3rd day after giving birth. Symptoms (sadness, irritability, insomnia, mood swings, vulnerability and incompetence's feelings) are transient, and most often disappear within 2 weeks after delivery. However, perinatal period remains a time of vulnerability, and PPD’s underdiagnosed: 20% of mothers and 10% of fathers haven’t any support.
