Postpartum Depression after a C-Section
One of the things that concerns women when having a cesarean section is postpartum depression. In fact medical studies have indicated that cases of postpartum depression after a c-section are higher than for women who deliver vaginally.
But why?
Here’s one reason. During a normal vaginal birth a mother is more involved with the birth than when having a c-section. The process of pushing and breathing releases lots of hormones that bombard your body in order to make your delivery possible; in other words all of the actions that take place during a vaginal birth are made possible by the influx of hormones. Read more »
