For the majority of women this is thankfully short lived and restoring progesterone levels after birth is helpful but a surprisingly high proportion may be at risk of future depression.
The sudden drop in progesterone after giving birth can lead to the ‘baby blues’ but could you have inherited it from your mother and what can you do about it?
The risk of baby blues can be reduced if bioidentical natural progesterone is given to compensate for plunging levels after delivery.
Natural birth is hailed as a good thing but a new study calls it ‘highly traumatizing’ along with terrorist attacks and car accidents. Fortunately bioidentical natural progesterone helps elevate mood and anxiety as well as the baby blues!