Essay On Postnatal Depression

There are many diseases are not only have a physical pain, they have a psychological pain too. Postnatal depression is one of these illnesses. Postnatal depression is a psychological condition which effects mothers after childbirth. Mothers with this condition may experience a fall tension and stress. A mother who has postnatal depression as a dark shadow stuck up on her.(1) They severe a really bad days, isolation from others and probably to have a continual crying. Postnatal depression has several psychosocial and physical causes that affect the mother’s life and the relationships between mother and her baby, family, and social life.
There are many factors and causes which play a significant role in risking mothers mental health by postnatal depression. Some main causes of postnatal depression are psychosocial causes. In instant, owing to have previous mental health problems such as depression during pregnancy, this may recur after delivery and characterized as postnatal depression. Also, lack of support from the rest of the family members and friends can leads to put mothers at risk of postnatal depression. In addition, because of poverty, living in poor housing, or loosing jobs, mothers feel more stressed
Physical causes include physical health problem such as difficult delivery, urinary incontinence (loss of bladder control), or feeling pain from an episiotomy scar.(2) In addition, the hormonal changes may causing postnatal depression. During the early postpartum period there is a noticeable decrease in the levels of progesterone, and estrogen levels will have a dramatic drop after the expulsion of the estrogen-secreting placenta. Estrogen primarily affects on mothers by influencing effective symptoms and psychotic symptoms respectively.(3) All mothers will experience hormonal changes but only some mothers will be affected emotionally based on their