Post-traumatic stress disorder and postpartum depression and their reported association with recent labor and delivery: a questionnaire survey cohort

Labor and delivery is usually an affirmative event associated with positive feelings. However, this is not true for all mothers and prior studies reported that a third of all mothers considered their delivery to be traumatic.1 Furthermore, 1-21% of postpartum women have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).2
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research