I hope i don't get anyone angry here by what i am going to say, but there needs to be more studies an couneling for women that have sufferred from post partum depression. I myself had it after my son was born. I can't even begin to explain the depths of depression i felt even those words don't come close to it. Its weird today to read this too because its his 24th birthday. I had to deal with it for a while,even years, until it went away. I am so close to him, i think the depression was seperate from how i treated him, which was good, because i had to work on it every day. i hear of some women who have killed their children during a bout of this condition, i understand it is not a thing they thought of doing out of selfishness, but because of the depths of depression that is there and they can't help themselves or may be so psyschotic from the depression too. I joined a womans group to help me cope which really helped too. I only have one child, and i would never be able to take care of 2 or more and i applaud all women that have children, even one, although i feel a bit guilty for only having one, while most of my friends had 2 or more. That is probably a good thing though because of what i went through with my son. I did have a miscarriage before him when i was 25 although too. I hope and pray you try to understand a womans pshysical and mental depression before judging another, and i'm not saying anyone here is judging. Just my thoughts!