Hold your patients' hand and remnid her that her body is undergoing a very sudden and MASSIVE change after childbirth with all kinds of hormones flooding her system.The biggest thing that the normal' mom with PP depression has is FEAR that she will not be able to bond with her new baby and take care of her other children. And this is a VERY real problem now that close support systems (grannys, neighbors, etc.) often work, live far away and are otherwise not around to help with a newborn, other children AND a frazzled and worn-out new mother.Very often an antidepressant can help over the PP recovery period if an alert nurse can bring it to the MDs' attention because the new mom very often will not admit a problem in front of her husband, family, etc. But this is a woman thing and we have to help our sisters take care of themselves!