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Why Bonding With Your Baby Actually Matters

...well-being. It had far-ranging implications for our understanding of how depression, anxiety and even postpartum depression can have a ripple effect beyond the woman’s individual struggles. Secure attachment patterns affect...

By Sonali Gupta

Being A Parent Takes A Lot of Brain Power

...out a way to help mothers bond with their babies in cases of postpartum depression. For now, if you feel like you’re up to your ears in conflicting parenting tips,...

By Urvija Banerji

The Buzz Cut: Chrissy Teigen Says She Faced ‘Paralyzing Anxiety’ After Giving Birth

...says she suffered from crippling postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Luna. In a candid interview with Glamour U.K., Teigen, known for her ‘smart mouth,’ opened up about...

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Why Do We Feel Sluggish When We’re Ill? Scientists Believe It’s Due to Inflammation

...in a statement. Related on The Swaddle: Postpartum Depression Might Be Caused by Inflammation, Not Hormones, Study Suggests Researchers injected twenty young male volunteers with a salmonella typhoid vaccine (that...

Why Parents Are Statistically Less Happy Than Non‑Parents

...awareness of conditions like the baby blues and postpartum depression can only be a good thing, in terms of health care, but in isolation, it risks painting parental happiness as...

By Liesl Goecker

Eat Your Spinach

Anemia Is Often Seen as Iron Deficiency, But It Has Many Causes

...weight, and postpartum depression. Sickle Cell Anemia. This type of anemia is genetic and inherited. Red blood cells, usually concave, instead form looking like sickles and often die within 10...

The Way Toxic Stress Shapes Children’s Brains

...some scenarios in childhood can be toxic regardless – emotional or physical abuse or neglect, poverty, severe postpartum depression with no primary caregiver other than the mother. In these cases,...

By The Swaddle Team

More Myth Busting

16 More Things Everyone Tells You About Breastfeeding That Just Aren’t True

...any effect on milk production. On the contrary, it helps release endorphins, which make the woman feel good about herself and can alleviate symptoms of postpartum depression. MYTH 4: Breastfeeding...

By Vanshika Gupta Adukia

Peripheral Vision: a 22‑Year‑Old Nanny from Nanded

...Like To Live With: A Partner With Postpartum Depression One day, the baby and I were alone when my water broke. I was in pain but I ran to the...

By Anubhuti Matta

I Love My Son. But I Have No Patience with Babies.

...a Baby Person. Sounds awful, I know. And no, I’m not going through postpartum depression or having bonding issues. I do everything in my power to keep my son safe...

By Afsha Khan Jayapal

The Benefits of Baby Massage for Parents (Oh Right, and for the Baby)

...act of infant massage: Promotes bonding and attachment Enhances communication with the baby Can alleviate the symptoms and impact of postpartum depression Promotes lactation for breastfeeding mothers (through the stimulation...

By Keshinee Shah

emotional health

Eff That Perfect Post‑Pregnancy Body Dream

...me. I won’t lie, it was a dark time in my life. I don’t think I had postpartum depression in it’s truest sense, but I definitely had some exaggerated baby...

The Issue With Seeing PCOS As Just a ‘Period Problem’

...mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and eating disorders. Anahita* 19 was so distressed about her hirsutism (hair growth on the face), and at the same time,...

By Esha Chainani

Do Antidepressants Affect Fetal Development?

With increased awareness about postpartum and prepartum depression, more women are seeking treatment for these conditions during pregnancy. But what we don’t quite know yet is how the use of...

By The Swaddle Team

Reclaiming Life

How Deinstitutionalizing Mental Health Can Restore Dignity to Women with Mental Illness

...Devi and Jaya two formerly institutionalized women. The institute has now provided them with separate living spaces and a job at the bakery. They share similar histories: severe depression, abandonment...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Mental Health Comes First

Rape Survivor Has the Right to Terminate Pregnancy to Protect Her Mental Health: Uttarakhand HC

...health.” Research also suggests that forcing a woman to go ahead with a pregnancy against her will increases their risk of depression by 20%. Being denied abortion can also lead women to...

By Devrupa Rakshit

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