If you want a baby, be prepared for postpartum depression and/or anxiety. Because I had never heard much about perinatal mental health disorders, I didn’t know I was suffering from postpartum depression and anxiety after the birth of my daughter Jordyn, 11. That is part of why only 25% of women with postpartum depression ever get treatment. It wasn’t until I stumbled onto a website about postpartum depression that I finally felt a sense of relief, a burden lifted off my shoulders. My mother never said anything to me about postpartum depression or anxiety because no one ever said anything to her about it.
