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.