Life with a newborn is challenging. It requires around-the-clock care and functioning with little sleep while the birthing parent recovers from significant physical and hormonal changes. Most people ...

The baby blues, or feeling down, tired, and overwhelmed after giving birth, are common. However, if the feelings worsen or linger for weeks or months, you might be living with postpartum depression.

Journalist Jacqueline Mendelsohn experienced mood swings and random bouts of crying with her first child. “I remember bursting into tears as I brought my daughter home and walked through the front ...