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Discover Ludwig"postnatal depression" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is most commonly used to refer to a depression that some mothers experience after giving birth. For example, "The mother sought help for her postnatal depression before it began to affect her day-to-day life."
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postnatal depression
noun
Postpartum depression
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I had postnatal depression.
What is postnatal depression?
Postnatal depression is prolific.
It wasn't just postnatal depression.
I have never suffered from postnatal depression.
Dear Tanya: do I have postnatal depression?
For example, do men experience postnatal depression?
She was struggling and had been diagnosed with postnatal depression.
She had bad postnatal depression but soldiered on.
One in five Australian women now develop postnatal depression.
But I don't think I knew that postnatal depression existed.
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