Is postnatal depression linked to boys?
Posted by: Uticopa in postnatal depression, depression on Jul 03, 2008
The Daily Telegraph has reported that the mother might be at a higher risk of having a postnatal depression if she is having a boy.
This followed a French study which showed that 75% of mothers that were diagnosed with the severe form of post natal depression, had boys.
However the research was conducted on a very small number of women and the fact that out of 17 women studied, 14 had boys could simply be a coincidence or another pattern picked up by the systematic differences in the selection of women involved.
Tell us what you think, if you have experienced a post natal depression or know of anyone else who might have had this condition, is there a pattern or a link to the gender of the child?
