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There’s evidence that fathers also experience changes in their hormone levels after a baby is born. [Courtesy]
The birth of a baby can trigger an array of emotions ranging from excitement, joy to fear and anxiety. There are also episodes of depression known as postpartum depression.
It mostly affect new mothers due to hormonal changes and trauma that comes with childbirth. But new fathers also suffer depressive bouts in the wake of adjusting to fatherhood in what psychologists term paternal postpartum depression characterized by irritability, depression and restricted emotions.
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