Science news articles about 'postpartum women'

... difficulties with sleep is a symptom of depression. Twenty-one percent of depressed postpartum women included in the study reported having also been depressed during pregnancy and 46 percent reported ...

... average during the first six weeks postpartum. Postpartum women wake more frequently and have less dream ... University compared sleep patterns of 46 postpartum women, half with symptoms of PPD and half ...

... , including depression during prenatal care. This article emphasizes the need for more careful follow-up of postpartum women with current or past psychiatric diagnoses or substance use. The authors ...

... for Healthy Start, an initiative to provide mental health services to pregnant and postpartum women by SAMHD. They were screened for depressive symptoms using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - ...

... as physically active as possible. Healthy pregnant and postpartum women should do moderate-intensity ... 2 hours and 30 minutes per week. Women who engaged in vigorous-intensity physical activity prior ...