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Postpartum Depression And Family Support

Family support is very important for overcoming postpartum depression. Parents, partner, aunts are the group that is going to help bring these patients out of depression. Dr. Jila Senemar, Obstetrician and Gynecologist with Baptist Health South Florida, advises to relatives or any person next to the patients to avoid trigger words. “You don’ want to make them feel inadequate," she says.

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