When it’s more than just the ‘baby blues’

RBC | It’s supposed to be one of the most precious seasons of a woman’s life: the days and months following the birth of a baby. But for one out of every seven to nine new moms, that postpartum period is rudely interrupted by crushing, unexplainable sadness and anxiety textured with rage, numbness, intrusive thoughts, “brain fog,” and physical symptoms along with guilt, fear and feelings of failure.
Postpartum depression—also known as postnatal depression or…