Time
What is the time frame of postpartum? The days & first weeks immediately after birth? The first 3 months post-birth? 1 year? 2 years? The duration of the breastfeeding relationship? What many real life mothers share from their experience is that depression, anxiety, or OCD hit hardest after the 3 month mark. Perhaps this is because of combined pressure to be back in the game by then. Work, social, and familial expectations rise above the newborn haze after just a few weeks,