Beating the Baby Blues

By: Josh Landis
Topics: Fast Draw

(CBS)

Researchers in Spain are making progress in the battle against postpartum depression, which is a more serious condition than the "Baby Blues." They've developed a way to identify women who are suffering, making it easier to treat them.

They say 13 percent of new moms suffer from postpartum depression.

As for preventing it, they discovered an interesting relationship:

"They also discovered two protection factors that reduce the risk of depression -- age (the older the woman the lower her chance of depression), and whether or not a woman has worked during pregnancy (which reduces the risk)."

We can imagine the relief that correlation might inspire among women who work more and wait longer to have kids. Of course the researchers say on that matter...more research is needed.

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by hineliyaa February 3, 2010 2:01 AM EST: i just had baby a few months ago and my sex drive is gone.i just don't have the desire or the energy.i know it is effecting my marriage.im only in my mid 20s i feel this shouldn't be happening so soon.i also have a school aged child so by the end of the day im beat.what should i do to keep my husbandinterestedd??i kinda know what i need to do but i guess the question is how do i get myself in the mood??? the problem is not my husband the problem is me
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