Postpartum Depressed Could Affect Father

Postpartum depression had hit among celebrities and a mother raises a question of sharing them with feeling sad and hopeless after childbirth.

But when a father, source of the reality TV show "OutDaughtered"-just talk about or reveal about her own postpartum depression, postpartum depression is also experienced by the father among the confused and restless, with estimates that about 10 percent of the men occurred symptoms of depression after the birth of a child, about double the rate of a typical depression in men. Post-birth depression in women has been associated with the development of hormone

Doctors and researchers will do a test to a person Whether male hormone testosterone levels are associated with risk of postpartum depression during the father becomes the beginning of new parents the baby. We found that the male testosterone levels may predict postpartum depression risk not only their own, but their partner's risk of depression as well.

TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN THE FLUX THROUGH THE CHANGE OF LIFE

Testosterone is the androgen hormones, responsible for the development and maintenance of secondary sex characteristics of males. these hormones can produce growth of body hair and muscle mass, sexual arousal and motivate and competitive behavior.

Many studies have found testosterone on animals in particular. Among the animals that engage in biparental of Mongolia gerbils, hamsters-dwarf White Russia, California mice and cotton-top tamarins-men showed lower levels of testosterone after the birth of his son.

A man can also be affected by a decline in testosterone after keeping a child and often menhabiskan time with parenting a newborn. In large scale research hormones testosterone and fatherly, anthropologist Lee Gettler and colleagues followed more than 600 single men in the Philippines for about five years. If man becomes Dad at home and take care of a baby, will cause the effect their testosterone levels decline due to fatigue and often keep a baby need a gentle affection and good not rough

An expert psychologist Robin Edelstein found that a father and the wife being pregnant showed decreased testosterone levels from beginning to end a pregnancy.

The researchers are still not known exactly what caused the men's testosterone to turn over the transition to parenthood. Possibly because of the stress, load with nurturing a baby, shedding affection to babies should be soft with affection maybe this is causing these hormones will go down

LOWER TESTOSTERONE, DEPRESSION IS HIGHER

Previous studies have linked depression with men's testosterone level in General. Low testosterone can contribute to a feeling of lethargy and interested in the activities usually fun that characterize depression. In fact, some have even suggested a psychiatrist prescribing testosterone supplements to treat depression in men. However, there are special studies have looked at the potential role of testosterone in fathers of postpartum depression.

My colleagues and I analyzed the data from community child health Research Network, a study funded by the national institutes of health new parental health and well-being. The study recruited mother after giving birth to a baby and followed them for a few years, along with their partner