A new study found that the first 6 weeks postpartum depression within the mothers of newborns growth and development lag behind other babies.

The study concluded that early maternal postpartum depression was higher than 10% of the developed countries, studies have shown that postnatal depression on infant growth and development are affected, but very little relevant data in developing countries.

Researchers 37 have postpartum depression of mothers and 134 babies born to non-postpartum depression, mothers of infants born to a comparative study, at 6 weeks postpartum and 6 months of age, detection of the baby’s growth and development of . The results show that removal of the other factors (such as birth weight and mother’s educational level), the mother of infant depression occurs in the 6-month weight and height less than the risk of inadequate control group were 2.3 times and 2.9 times . Development of low-scoring ratio of 44%, while the control group was only 20%.

The researchers noted that depression in mothers of infants less interest in breast-feeding rate is low, so the proportion of milk and feeding alternatives to increase, leading to infant growth and bad. In addition, the mother will also affect the poor baby’s emotional growth and development.