More Sleep Could Help in Fighting Postpartum Depression

Postpartum depression is a part of new baby reality for many parents as they try to adjust to the major changes in life due to creating a new one. While many a new mommy has taken specific drugs designed to address postpartum depression, a new study finds that the she might just be tired.

The Gant Daily News examined a study by Canadian doctors that pointed to the simple remedy of more sleep to help cut postpartum depression. Dr. Meir Steiner had various patient conversations with those who were fighting the mood disorder after giving birth. Many of these women expressed fear that they would have another bout due to tiredness from their previous pregnancy.

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Genetic Cause of Fetal Alcohol-Related Developmental Disorders Found

A new animal study found a specific genetic cause of fetal alcohol-related developmental disorders. When pregnant women consume alcohol, the genetic processes that control thyroid hormone levels in the fetal brain are interfered with.

Fetal alcohol exposure can cause neurodevelopmental disorders such as emotional behavioral disorders and deficits in learning, memory, and speech. Past animal research has shown that some of these lasting cognitive impairments occur because alcohol consumption during pregnancy decreases the level of maternal thyroid hormones and therefore fetal thyroid hormones. There is currently no treatment for this.

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