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Depression affects how your brain responds to your crying baby
By Kimberley Smith on 23/02/2011 15:19:34
Mums with depression may process the sounds of their baby crying differently to non-depressed mums, find researchers
with postnatal depression communicate with their babies and how to reduce the chances of this affecting the babies as they grow up.If you’re feeling low after having a baby, find out more about postnatal depression and what can help.
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PND linked to how negative emotions are processed
By Kimberley Smith on 20/09/2010 13:03:40
Your brain functions not your hormones may hold the key to understanding postnatal depression
Women suffering from postnatal depression (PND) process negative emotions differently to new mums who don’t have the condition. A small study has linked the way your brain works to PND rather than surges in hormones after having a baby.The study
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Post-natal depression health pill on its way?
By Kimberley Smith on 05/05/2010 15:58:18
A dietary supplement may be the key to preventing the “baby blues”, finds study
A Canadian study is confident that there may be a dietary way of preventing post-natal “baby blues” and depression.A protein has been found in the brains of new mums that “eats” chemicals that control our moods, such as serotonin and dopamine
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Clues to post-natal depression offer hope of cure
By Kimberley Smith on 21/06/2010 13:48:58
A drop in hormone levels shortly after giving birth linked to onset of PND and baby blues
The sharp drop of oestrogen levels in mums who have just given birth has been linked to the increase of an enzyme which blocks ‘feel-good’ chemicals in the brain. We recently reported on the research into the effect of this enzyme in new mums
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Baby swimming – your essential guide
By Kimberley Smith on 20/04/2011 17:50:47
Everything you should know about swimming with your baby
environment they’ll swim contentedly. It’s natural for them,” says Irene Joyce, Swimming Technical Expert with the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA).The majority of brain growth occurs in the first three years and you will notice how quickly your baby
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