baby blues


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A brief period of anxiety, mood swings and sadness which occurs in some women after delivery and usually resolves within a week
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baby blues

An Americanism for the fleeting episodes of misery and tearfulness which affect about half of all pregnant women, especially those having their first baby.
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[USA], May 6 (ANI): Less educated young parents are more prone to newborn baby blues, according to a study.
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That history is now enhanced by Baby Blues, a cultivar released in cooperation with the Oregon State University's Agricultural Experiment Station and the Washington State University's Agricultural Research Center.
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I understood that her husband was not even aware of baby blues and PPD (postpartum depression).Ante-natal classes do not talk about it and, surprisingly, there is no awareness programme at any hospital.
She made a distinction between the so-called baby blues and postpartum depression.
Cardiff Baby Blues trounced Old Breconians 40-0 in the first round before losing 14-17 to Ysgol Glantaf.
I was distressed to read in a headline that children of mothers who suffer the baby blues are four times more likely themselves to develop depression.