The birth of a baby is an act of emotions for many women. And with these emotions, excitement, fear, and anxiety. But postpartum depression is an intense condition unusual to normal emotions of anxiety when the woman is pregnant.

Commonly new moms experience ‘baby blues” after the birth of the baby, which includes crying spells, mood swings, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping.

Baby blues may typically begin with a few days of the delivery and lasts for up to two weeks.

Rarely, an extreme mood disorder called postpartum psychosis may also affect women after childbirth.

Postpartum depression is not a physical flaw. Instead, it is a complication of giving birth.