What You Don't See After Birth: The Sociology of Post-Partum Depression
Maddisyn Neal
Depression is something that many women face and has been increasing throughout the years. One in seven women have discovered that they have depression after giving birth and many have not received the proper treatment that is needed. After a birth most of the treatment is weighed heavily towards the baby, but mothers need care as well. Postpartum depression is this sad and empty feeling that a new mother feels after giving birth. Most of the times mothers are not able to shake this feeling of being sad and feeling as if they are alone. This illness, postpartum depression, can affect all your mental behavior including your mood and your physical health. In this paper I will be discussing how postpartum depression in new mother should be monitored closely. Although all the attention can fall on the baby, which is rightly so, the attention should also be focused on the mother as well. If doctors watch mothers more closely throughout out the pregnancy there is a possibility that postpartum depression can be prevented ahead of time, but if it is not caught in those stages, there can be better help and care for the mother to make the process of going through this depression much easier. This paper will discuss how there should be more maternal care after labor in high hopes of preventing postpartum depression; this would increase the chance of noticing postpartum before it becomes severe and manage it if it does occur.
Maddisyn Neal graduated from Ware Shoals High School in the the small town of Ware Shoals. She is a senior at Lander University graduating in May with a major in sociology. She has worked in customer service care for a little under six years now and plans on going into school counseling or social work.
