Women who give birth to boys much more likely to have postnatal depression
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 12:40
in Health & Medicine
A new study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79 percent when mothers had baby boys compared to baby girls. Overall the researchers identified that women who give birth to males are 71-79% more likely to develop PND. Furthermore, women whose births had complications were 174% more likely to experience PND compared to those women who had no complications.