“Black women need to think about putting themselves first in their postpartum journey,” says Jakora Thompson, a 39-year-old ...

Motherhood changes everything—including your sense of self. If you feel lost, grieving your old life, or wondering who you ...

Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone ...

I got the shock of my life when I visited a relative in a health facility in Ghana; therein lies a young woman who purported to be in her early 30s struggling to fend for herself ...

By Rachel Somerstein for Next City Amaryllis Castillo gets to work at 7:45 a.m. for her job as a certified home health aide. The mother of two, who is 26 weeks pregnant, works a six-hour shift caring ...

If you've experienced low mood, doctors caution you're more at risk of depression and anxiety in perimenopause ...

Mothers with multiple sclerosis had an elevated incidence and prevalence of peripartum mental illness vs. mothers without MS ...

Women who develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have distinct neuroactive steroid levels during the third trimester of ...

A study showed that new mums who undertake 'gentle' exercise in the weeks after giving birth are less likely to develop postnatal depression.