More than three million births are recorded in the United States each year. Each birth often includes excited — and sometimes tired — new parents eager to move on from months of pregnancy to raising their new child.
With all the activity surrounding pregnancy, birth and bringing a new baby home, many new moms experience the “baby blues.” For some, the ‘baby blues’ progress to postpartum depression.
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