New research, having a boy may increase risk of postpartum depression

Interesting you mention that:) I'm not sure if I had postpartum depression but I felt much more sensitive after I had my son that after I had my daughter. It puzzled me at the time since I was not expecting it. I felt a bit more negative and more prone to feel a bit blue. I wasn't able to read the full article because I needed to log in to read it in full and I was interested in knowing what reasons were found for it, but in my own experience it felt somewhat true.

I had 4 boys and a girl saw no difference in themAnd I wanted boys any how they are eaasier to raise dont go in for clothes makeup and all that. But glad for my daughter too as we both had a friend where ever we went.

My mother, grandmother, and my aunt all had children and none of them had postpartum depression. My mother and my aunt both gave birth to boys and none of them had postpartum depression. Now, my cousins wife had twins, and she had a boy among those two children, and she did have postpartum depression, but the reason for this was prior to her having those twins, she had a lot of unresolved issues, she never even wanted the babies to begin with, she flat out said that to everyone in the family. Women who have postpartum depression, MAJORITY of the time, have unresolved issues prior to having that child. These are issues that they not got resolved before having a baby. Having postpartum depression does not have anything to do with what kind of child you have, it all depends on the woman, not all women have postpartum depression. Some women have it, some do not, again it depends on the woman. My niece also had a son, and she had some issues of her own as well, Hell, her ex-husband left her, but she was so busy and she had to really think about taking care of her boy on her own that she had no time to be depressed. If she was ever depressed, no one ever knew about it. Again, it all depends on the woman.

i think its a new research. i have not heard it before. but it can be very much possible. i have not seen any one that way after giving birth to a child.But may be its the true outcome.

Sorry I'm so late with this...you know what the old saying is..."pink for girls, blues for boys"

Thats really interesting. My first child was a boy and I didn't have postpartum depression. It was the happiest moment of my life. My second was a girl and again no depression. My third was a boy and yes came the postpartum depression. Alot of it had to do with the fact that he was my last child and now I can't have anymore, the stress of my husband just starting a job two days before his birth, and he was sick the first couple months of his life. Thats an interesting article. thanks for sharing.

it can be that possibilities . postpartum depression can be given by the mother or people around mother . and sience sometimes go so far beyond we expect .we keep stick to it that borders on going crazy .mother or mother-tobe can believe themselves .

Boy now that sure explains alot! Mother of 3 sons, after the second, I literately thought crawling into my bed and staying there for the next year was the only place to be. I did too for about a month, only got up when I was forced to.

I suffered from it but fortunately, it didn't last long. After I gave birth to my son, I felt this kind of "hopelessness". I couldn't explain it at that time, but I was definitely feeling depressed. It didn't help that my son cried a lot, too. And that added to my blues. It came to a point that I called my husband from work, crying. He rushed home, very worried. I told him that I didn't think I can make it as a mother. I felt very helpless and I cried easily at that time. It felt like I was sinking, and I couldn't grab hold on to something. It was a scary feeling. Then my sister stepped in, and reassured me that all those feelings will eventually pass. I just need to take deep breaths whenever I'm feeling low again.

How fascinating. I have no sons, but curiously my sister in law, who has two, suffered depression after the birth of both. Indeed with her second she could hardly bear to look at him for some weeks after the birth. He's now 20 and a complete pain the rear with a very unfortunate attitude. Maybe, in part, this has been a subliminal effect of his mother's difficulties all those years ago. She spent much of his younger years molly coddling him; possibly this was her way of dealing with any guilt that she may have been feeling, and as a result he has become spoilt and selfish. I can think of no good medical reason for this and the website gave nothing away. Does the birth of a girl bring on euphoria?