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Fathers too Experience Paternal Depression 

When your wife gives birth, you may find yourself drinking a bit more, working late, becoming more irritable, having low energy, feeling unmotivated, and experiencing changes in weight and appetite or sleep. These may be pointers to a more serious problem. 

Though not very commonly talked about, recent studies have shown that men too suffer from PPND (Paternal Postnatal Depression). Some research suggests that it develops more gradually in men over the course of the child’s first year than postpartum depression develops in women. It sometimes starts during pregnancy.

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