Britney Spears and post partum depression

March 2nd, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

When radio-marketing specialist Sandra Poulin first heard reports linking Britney Spears’ recent erratic behavior to postpartum depression, she was skeptical.

The partying, the strip-club photo ops, the head shaving—none of that spoke to the experience of Poulin, who battled the disorder after the birth of her daughter, or to those of the women she interviewed for her book, The Mother-to-Mother Postpartum Depression Support Book.

“If she has the energy to party, that is very suspect to me that she in any way would have postpartum depression,” says Poulin, who endured months of anxiety-driven sleepless nights.

But then Poulin did the math: Spears’ youngest son, Jayden James, was born six months ago last September; postpartum depression is often diagnosed four to six months after the birth of a child.

“That’s when it hits the hardest, because you are not sleeping well, and you really are not well,” Poulin says. “People often think it’s immediate, it hits you right away—no way.”

According to Postpartum Support International, a California-based support and advocacy group, one in eight women will experience overwhelming helplessness, sadness or even anxiety after giving birth.

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