Hormone May Predict Postpartum Depression: U.S. Study

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Spiking and sinking levels of a hormone that prepares a pregnant woman for the strain of childbirth may hold the key to why some women suffer postpartum depression, researchers said on Monday.

In a study of 100 women, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found 12 out of 16 women who had postpartum depression also had high levels of a hormone circulating in the placenta midway through pregnancy.

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• Postpartum Depression
• Pregnancy
• Parenting

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