Mental health and motherhood are most often thought of in conjunction to newborn babies. At this stage there is risk of PPD. There are sleepless nights and endless sessions of guessing how to figure out and calm your baby's cries. However, the demands of motherhood mutates as a child grows. This can cause anxieties, depression and exhaustion to exist even as the child gets into their school-age years. Postpartum Depression can last long after giving birth, and new depression can form in mothers who did not experience PPD.
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