Mothers suffer from perinatal blues, too
This is a repost… the first time I did, it was simply a copy of the clipping, and it doesn't print well. So hopefully, this will be OK now. ----- PREGNANCY PROBLEMS They are a 'growing concern', but many women decline treatment ALICIA WONG, alicia@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was cranky and constantly craved her husband's attention — but she thought it was because she was pregnant, and those traits would go away in time. After all, this was her fifth pregnancy, and the previous four had gone smoothly. But after having difficulty breastfeeding her one-week-old baby boy due to an earlier fever, Madam Chong's emotions took a turn for the worse. "I was disappointed and very frustrated," the 39-year-old housewife shared. This soon escalated into insomnia. The final straw came when she woke up in near-hysterics one night. "That's when I realised something was not quite right," she said. Mdm Chong was later diagnosed at the National University Hospital wi...